water. Examples of semi-aquatic animals and plants are given below. Semiaquatic animals include: Vertebrates Amphibious fish; also several types of normally...
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Aquatic insect (redirect from Semiaquatic insect)
Aquatic insects or water insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water. They feed in the same ways as other insects. Some diving insects,...
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spider in the family Pisauridae. Like other Dolomedes spiders, it is semiaquatic, hunting its prey on the surface of water. It occurs mainly in neutral...
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piscivorus) is a semiaquatic pit viper found in the southeastern United States. The Florida cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti) is a similar semiaquatic pit viper...
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Caseidae (section Semiaquatic vs terrestrial lifestyle)
edaphosaurids and diadectids. In 2016 and 2022, paleontologists proposed a semiaquatic lifestyle for the most derived genera like Cotylorhynchus and Lalieudorhynchus...
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Finally, for some authors, the large derived caseids would have been semiaquatic animals that used their hands with large claws like paddles, which could...
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water boas are a group of large boas of the genus Eunectes. They are a semiaquatic group of snakes found in tropical South America. Three to five extant...
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Hippopotamus (category Semiaquatic mammals)
common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species...
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(burrowing), saltatorial/ricochetal (leaping on their hind legs), or semiaquatic. However, all rodents share several morphological features, including...
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Muskrat (category Semiaquatic mammals)
The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South...
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Liaoningosaurus (section Semiaquatic habits and diet)
colleagues proposed that Liaoningosaurus might have been adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle. This is due to the presence of a 'shell-like' ventral bony...
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scripta elegans) is a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), a semiaquatic turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is the most popular pet turtle...
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the free dictionary. A muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent. Muskrat may also refer to: Barbudan muskrat (Megalomys audreyae)...
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(/ˈnjuːtriə/) or coypu (/ˈkɔɪpuː/) (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. Classified for a long time as the only member...
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Most monitor species are terrestrial, but many are also arboreal or semiaquatic. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous, eating smaller reptiles...
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large group that comprises the vast majority of living terrestrial and semiaquatic vertebrates. Amniotes evolved from amphibian ancestors during the Carboniferous...
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Beaver (category Semiaquatic mammals)
Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. There are two existing species: the North American beaver (Castor canadensis)...
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Urodela (salamanders), and Gymnophiona (caecilians). Evolved to be mostly semiaquatic, amphibians have adapted to inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with...
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Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and...
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Castoridae (category Semiaquatic animals)
medium-sized mammals, although large compared with most other rodents. They are semiaquatic, with sleek bodies and webbed hind feet, and are more agile in the water...
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A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming...
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blood that flows from the wound. The larvae are predaceous and grow in semiaquatic habitats. Female horse-flies can transfer blood-borne diseases from one...
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remnants of the hindlimbs. Tetrapods evolved from a group of primitive semiaquatic animals known as the Tetrapodomorpha which, in turn, evolved from ancient...
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also have been lost in some groups. Most ichthyomyines, an exclusively semiaquatic South and Central American rodent group, have small webbing, but members...
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an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aquatic...
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Tortricidae, Olethreutidae, Noctuidae, Cossidae, and Sphingidae are aquatic or semiaquatic.: 22 Emerging from egg and first feedings. Second instar larvae eating...
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Platypus (category Semiaquatic mammals)
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania....
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Enicocephalomorpha Gerromorpha (semiaquatic bugs) Nepomorpha (true water bugs) Cimicomorpha Pentatomomorpha Note: Coleorrhyncha are a different clade...
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The lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius) is a semiaquatic rodent in the family Caviidae found in eastern Panama, northwestern Colombia, and western...
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Swamp rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea, including: Andean swamp rat (Neotomys...
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