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Definition of Alpine salamander

1. Noun. Ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpine Salamander

Literary usage of Alpine salamander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"The two facts of the presence of gills and the development of the alpine salamander within the parent body are in utter opposition to each other. ..."

2. Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1883)
"For the two young of the alpine salamander, when born, are large and active, have passed completely through their development, and possess strong acrid ..."

3. Leisure-time Studies: Chiefly Biological. A Series of Essays and Lectures by Andrew Wilson (1879)
"But it might be asked, did the young of the alpine salamander at any previous period in the history of the species, ever live in water; in other words. is ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"Some very interesting experiments have recently been made by Madame von Chauvin, regarding the change, by artificial means, in the alpine salamander of a ..."

5. Organic Evolution as the Result of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters by Gustave Heinrich Theodor Eimer, Theodor Eimer (1890)
"Such a method of nutrition occurs only in this single instance among Amphibia. Thus in the alpine salamander most of the eggs which ..."

6. Science from an Easy Chair by Edwin Ray Lankester (1911)
"In the closely allied black alpine salamander only two, out of thirty or more eggs ... The alpine salamander lives where there are no pools suitable for the ..."

7. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"The alpine salamander differs from the Spotted Salamander by its uniform black colour and smaller size, which averages between 7 and 5 inches. ..."

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