Bolitoglossa diaphora

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Bolitoglossa decora

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Plethodon wehrlei

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Desmognathus aeneus

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Functional characterization of a short peptidoglycan recognition protein from Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31302221, 31172408 and 31272666) and Jiangsu Province (Grant no. BK20171274 and BK2011418), and partially by the Opening Project of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Marine Wetland (Grant no. K2016-08). QZ was supported by the “Qinglan” project of Jiangsu province of China.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

First observation of facultative paedomorphosis in the Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus Kiritzescu, 1903) and the occurrence of facultative paedomorphosis in two newt species from soda pans of the Danube-Tisza Interfluve (Kiskunság National Park, Hungary)

The first observation of paedomorphosis in Triturus dobrogicus and the occurrence of facultative paedomorphosis in two newt species (T.dobrogicus and Lissotriton vulgaris) from soda pans of the Danube- Tisza Interfluve, Hungary are reported in this paper. Facultative paedomorphosis in soda pans occurred in 2010, a year with extremely high precipitation. The favorable environmental conditions created enabled newt populations to extend their aquatic life stage in otherwise unsuitable (too saline), though fish-free habitats. As such, soda pans may provide a suitable aquatic environment for local newt populations in rainy years, and facultative paedomorphosis may be an important adaptation allowing early reproduction in the following year possible in an environment that frequently dries out

Eurycea wilderae

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The Musculus Depressor Mandibulae in Necturus

A small amount of confusion appears in the literature on the cranial myology of Necturus, and the Urodela generally, by the use, among divers anatomists, of the same name for two different muscles. Both of these muscles function as depressors of the lower jaw. On occasion, both muscles have been named digastric, and depressor mandibulae ; and other names have also been used. In order to clarify the use of the terms M. depressor mandibulae and M. branchio-mandibularis, I have inserted tables of the synonymy for these two muscles in the Urodela, with brief descriptions of these muscles in Necturus