batrachoseps

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slender salamanders

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Batrachoseps is a genus of lungless salamanders (plethodontids) often called slender salamanders. They can be distinguished from other lungless salamanders by the four toes they have on each foot.
Their genus name Batracho-seps means frog-lizard, in reference to their projectile tongues.