Definition of Batrachoseps

1. Noun. Slender salamanders.

Exact synonyms: Genus Batrachoseps
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae
Member holonyms: Slender Salamander, Worm Salamander

Lexicographical Neighbors of Batrachoseps

Bathyergus
Batidaceae
Batis
Batis maritima
Batista bomb
Batman
Batmobile
Batmobiled
Batmobiles
Batmobiling
Batna
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Bridge
Batoum
Batrachoididae
Batrachoseps
Bats
Batson's plexus
Batswana
Batt
Batten-Mayou disease
Battenberg
Battenberg cake
Battenberg cakes
Battenberger
Battenbergers
Battey bacillus
Battle Born State
Battle of Alberta

Literary usage of Batrachoseps

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1900)
"THE elements, or corpuscles, of the blood of batrachoseps attenuatus are ... batrachoseps attenuatus is one of the most common species of the order in this ..."

2. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"... certain that they occur in the Mexican territory. LIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO *1. batrachoseps attenuatus. NS *2. ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1906)
"Two species of lizards and a batrachoseps were secured on this island by Mr. RH Beck while collecting for the California Academy of Sciences. 1. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphibia in the Collection of the British by John Edward Gray (1850)
"batrachoseps. Head very short. Eyes prominent.—Shin smooth. ... batrachoseps ATTENUATUS. Blackish brown. Back and upper part redder, with a black dorsal ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"Lastly, in some species of Spelerpes and batrachoseps both fore and hind limbs have become so small as to be practically without function, parallel cases ..."

6. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"That this is a genus, to be one day converted into batrachoseps by an acceleration of its metamorphosis, ..."

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