HabiÂ­tat. The slimy salaÂ­manÂ­der is comÂ­monly found beÂ­neath stones and deÂ­cayÂ­ing logs in wooded areas and alongÂ­side streams, as well as in the crevices of shale banks and along the sides of gulÂ­lies and ravines (DavidÂ­son 1956; GrobÂ­man 1944).
homologous - corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; a homologous tissue graft. autologous - derived from organisms of the selfsame individual; autologous blood donation.
In genetics, homologous chromosomes contain genes for the same characteristics of an organism. More specifically, each copy of the chromosome has the gene for the characteristic located in the same place, or loci. Homologous comes from the Greek where homo means like and logous means proportional or in proportion to.