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000002E0: 49 52 45 4C 59 20 41 51 55 41 54 49 43 2C 0D 59 |IRELY AQUATIC,.Y|
000002F0: 45 54 20 54 48 45 20 41 44 55 4C 54 53 20 41 52 |ET THE ADULTS AR|
00000300: 45 20 57 49 54 48 4F 55 54 20 47 49 4C 4C 53 20 |E WITHOUT GILLS |
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00000360: 53 20 43 4F 4E 43 45 41 4C 45 44 20 42 59 20 53 |S CONCEALED BY S|
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00000380: 52 0D 43 4F 4C 4F 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 56 41 52 |R.COLORATION VAR|
00000390: 49 45 53 20 43 4F 4E 53 49 44 45 52 41 42 4C 59 |IES CONSIDERABLY|
000003A0: 2C 20 52 41 4E 47 2D 0D 49 4E 47 20 46 52 4F 4D |, RANG-.ING FROM|
000003B0: 20 59 45 4C 4C 4F 57 49 53 48 20 42 52 4F 57 4E | YELLOWISH BROWN|
000003C0: 20 54 48 52 4F 55 47 48 20 44 55 4C 4C 0D 42 52 | THROUGH DULL.BR|
000003D0: 49 43 4B 20 52 45 44 20 54 4F 20 4E 45 41 52 20 |ICK RED TO NEAR |
000003E0: 42 4C 41 43 4B 2E 0D 2B 0D |BLACK..+. |
HELLBENDER, CRYPTOBRANCHUS.ALLEGANIEN
SIS, MOST ROBUST AND SECOND.LARGEST OF N
ORTH AMERICAN SALAMANDERS.ATTAINS A LENG
TH OF SLIGHTLY MORE .THAN TWO FEET. DES
PITE A SOMEWHAT.REPULSIVE APPEARANCE, AN
D THE PRE-.SENCE OF TEETH IN BOTH UPPER
AND .LOWER JAWS, THE HELLBENDER IS QUITE
.HARMLESS.. ITS SMALL EYES ARE SET IN
A MAS-.SIVE HEAD. BOTH HEAD AND BODY AR
E.MUCH DEPRESSED, AND THE OUTLINES OF.TH
E BODY ARE DISGUISED BY A FLESHY .FOLD O
F WRINKLED SKIN ALONG EITHER.SIDE AND TH
E POSTERIOR ASPECTS OF .EACH LIMB. THOU
GH RELATIVELY SHORT,.THE LIMBS ARE FUNCT
IONAL, THE FRONT .PAIR BEING PROVIDED WI
TH FOUR TOES,.THE HIND LIMBS WITH FIVE.
A CREST IS.PRESENT ALONG THE UPPER SIDE
OF THE.STRONGLY COMPRESSED TAIL.. HEL
LBENDERS ARE ENTIRELY AQUATIC,.YET THE A
DULTS ARE WITHOUT GILLS AND.HAVE ONLY A
SINGLE PAIR OF INCONSPI-.CUOUS GILL SLIT
S, WHICH ARE MORE OR.LESS CONCEALED BY S
KIN FOLDS. THEIR.COLORATION VARIES CONS
IDERABLY, RANG-.ING FROM YELLOWISH BROWN
THROUGH DULL.BRICK RED TO NEAR BLACK..+
.
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