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• ... that although the Corsican Brook Salamander is quite common, the Sardinian Brook Salamander is considered to be an endangered species?

• ...that the Cheat Mountain salamander of West Virginia is the only vertebrate known to be unique to that state?

• ... that the Sacramento Mountain Salamander is preyed on by the western terrestrial garter snake?

• ... that the Georgia blind salamander and the Dougherty Plain cave crayfish both live underground and one may prey on the other?

• ... that Wilmer W. Tanner wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the comparative anatomy of salamanders from Mexico and Central America?

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• ...that the California slender salamander (pictured) has a physique to invade narrow tunnels of earthworms for predation and cover?

• ... that the larvae of the Middle-Eastern salamander Arouss Al Ayn (pictured) are often cannibalistic?

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