
The mudpuppy is a brownish salamander of the genus Necturus in the family Proteidae. There are five species, living in fresh water in North America. They all breathe in water using external gills. Necturus maculatus is about 20cm long. Mudpuppies eat fish, snails, and other invertebrates.
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Any of five species of brownish salamanders, living in fresh water in North America. They all breathe in water using external gills. The species
N. maculatus is about 20 cm/8 in long. Mudpuppies eat fish, snails, and other invertebrates. (Genus
Necturus, family Proteidae.)
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any of several often large, aquatic salamanders of the genus Necturus, of eastern North America, having bushy, red gills and well-developed limbs. · any of several North American salamanders of the genus Ambystoma.
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