triton

Type of:

seasnail

any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids

Synonyms:

newt

Types:

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Triturus vulgaris, common newt

small semiaquatic salamander

Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft

red terrestrial form of a common North American newt

Pacific newt

any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America

eft

a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

Taricha granulosa, rough-skinned newt

newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California

California newt, Taricha torosa

newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat

Type of:

salamander

any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed