Salamanders, Newts and Caecilians

Family Ambystomatidae
This family regroups all Mole salamander species and their relatives.

Ambystoma dumerilii – Lake Patzcuaro Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum – Spotted salamander
Ambystoma mavortium mavortium – Western tiger salamander
Ambystoma mexicanum – Axolotl

Family Cryptobranchidae
This family regroups both giant Asian salamanders and the Hellbender.

Andrias davidianus – Chinese giant salamander
Andrias japonicus – Japanese giant salamander
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis – Eastern Hellbender

Family Hynobiidae
This family regroups all Stout salamanders and their relatives.

Family Plethodontidae
This family regroups all Lungless salamander species.

Eurycea rathbuni – Texas blind salamander
Eurycea sosorum – Barton springs salamander

Family Salamandridae
This family regroups all True salamanders.

Cynops ensicauda ensicauda – Amami sword-tailed newt
Cynops ensicauda popei – Okinawa sword-tailed newt
Cynops pyrrhogaster – Japanese fire-bellied newt
Echinotriton andersoni – Anderson’s crocodile newt
Euproctus platycephalus – Sardinian brook salamander
Hypseletriton orientalis – Oriental fire-bellied newt
Ichthyosaura alpestris – Alpine newt
Laotriton laoensis – Laos warty newt
Neurergus crocatus – Lake Urmia newt
Neurergus derjugini microspilotus – South Kurdistan newt
Neurergus kaiseri – Luristan newt
Notophthalmus meridionalis – Black-spotted newt
Notophthalmus viridescens – Eastern newt
Paramesotriton caudopunctatus – Spot-tailed warty newt
Paramesotriton hongkongensis – Hong Kong warty newt
Pachytriton granulosus – Fujian spotted stout newt
Pleurodeles nebulosus – Algerian ribbed newt
Pleurodeles waltl – Sharp-ribbed salamander
Salamandra salamandra salamandra – Common fire salamander
Taricha granulosa – Roughskin newt
Triturus cristatus – Northern crested newt
Triturus macedonicus – Macedonian crested newt
Tylototriton kweichowensis – Red-tailed knobby newt
Tylototriton shanjing – Emperor newt
Tylototriton verrucosus – Himalayan newt
Tylototriton vietnamensis – Vietnamese crocodile newt

Family Sirenidae
This family regroups the Sirens and their relatives.

Siren intermedia texana – Lesser siren

Family Amphiumidae
This family regroups the Amphiumas and their relatives.

Amphiuma tridactylum – Three-toed amphiuma

Family Typhlonectidae
This family regroups some of the Caecilian species (order Gymnophiona).

Typhlonectes compressicauda – Cayenne caecilian
Typhlonectes natans – Rubber eel

Family Dermophiidae
This family regroups some African caecilians and their relatives.

Geotrypetes seraphini – Gaboon caecilian
 

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