Word Origin & History. moniker 1849, said to be originally a hobo term (but attested in London underclass from 1851), of uncertain origin; perhaps from monk (monks and nuns take new names with their vows, and early 19c. British tramps referred to themselves as in the monkery).
northern American bull frog (female) Frogs, toads, and salamanders belong to a class of animals called Amphibians. They are vertebrates (back-boned animals) with smooth (moist) or warty skins. They lay unshelled eggs, usually in water, and most species have a gilled, swimming larval stage (such as a tadpole).
Order: Caudata- Salamanders, with four limbs, an elongated body, and a tail, their skin is smooth and glandular for poisonous mucous secretions, and all are predaceous. The spotted salamander and the tiger salamander are a few more examples of a salamander in the caudata order. Family: Salamandridae- Consists of all true salamanders and newts. True salamanders are considered to be medium sized, in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Most of the 98 species in this family are venomous.