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Preferred term

Urodela  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Caudata

Note

  • NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal

Scope note

  • An order of the Amphibia class which includes salamanders and newts. They are characterized by usually having slim bodies and tails, four limbs of about equal size (except in Sirenidae), and a reduction in skull bones.

History note

  • 81; was SALAMANDERS 1963-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014562

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