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Newt

Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.

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Eft 76% connected

A European lizard of the genus Seps.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Salamander 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Triton 92% connected

A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper pa…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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