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Asiatic Salamanders
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Lissamphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae

The Asiatic Salamanders (Family Hynobiidae) are rather primitive salamanders spread all over Asia. The are closely related with the Giant Salamanders (Family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.

  • Batrachuperus - 9 species
  • Hynobiids (Hynobius) - 26 species
  • Liua - 1 species
  • Onychodactylus - 2 species
  • Pachyhynobius - 1 species
  • Protohynobius - 1 species
  • Pseudohynobius - 1 species
  • Ranodon - 1 species
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Asiatic salamander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
The Asiatic Salamanders (Family Hynobiidae) are rather primitive salamanders spread all over Asia.
They are closely related with the Giant Salamanders (Family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.
Also the tadpole can sometimes have reduced external gills if they live in cold and very oxygen rich water.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hynobiidae (123 words)
Hynobiidae (Cope, 1859) - Asiatic Salamanders : Salamanders.
Familie Hynobiidae (42) Batrachuperus gorganensis Batrachuperus karlschmidti Batrachuperus londongensis.
Familie Hynobiidae (36) [nach oben] Batrachuperus gorganensis Batrachuperus karlschmidti Batrachuperus mustersi Batrachuperus persicus Batrachuperus pinchonii...
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