? Lungless Salamanders
Desmognathus auriculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Lissamphibia Order: Caudata Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamilies
Desmognathinae Plethodontinae Image File history File links D_auriculatus_USGS.jpg Southern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus auriculatus http://cars. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Anura Caudata Gymnophiona Allocaudata The Subclass Lissamphibia includes all recent amphibians. ... Families Salamander is the common name applied to approximately 350 amphibian vertebrates with slender bodies, short legs, and long tails (order Caudata or Urodela). ...

Lungless salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) are salamanders which do not have lungs and instead conduct respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. Currently approximately 377 species of plethodontid salamanders are known, making up the majority of known species (Min et al., 2005). Only two of these species are found outside the Western hemisphere, seven in the Mediterreanian and one in Korea. Suborders Cryptobranchoidea Salamandroidea Sirenoidea Salamander is the common name applied to approximately 500 reptilian vertebrates with slender bodies, short legs, and long tails (order Caudata or Urodela). ... The Geographical Western Hemisphere of Earth highlighted in yellow. ... Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. ...

Plethodontidae includes several genera:

• Subfamily Desmognathinae
  • Dusky salamanders (Desmognathus) - 19 species
  • Red Hills salamanders (Phaeognathus) - 1 species
• Subfamily Plethodontinae
  • Arboreal salamanders (Aneides) - 6 species
  • Slender salamanders (Batrachoseps) - 20 species
  • Mushroom tongued salamanders (Bolitoglossa) - 85 species
  • Finca Chiblac salamander (Bradytriton) - 1 species
  • Splay-foot salamanders (Chiropterotriton) - 12 species
  • Cryptic salamanders (Cryptotriton) - 6 species
  • Bromeliad salamanders (Dendrotriton) - 6 species
  • Ensatinas (Ensatina) - 1 species
  • North American brook salamanders (Eurycea) - 25 species
  • Spring salamanders (Gyrinophilus) - 4 species
  • Georgian Blind Salamanders (Haideotriton) - 1 species
  • Four toed salamanders (Hemidactylium) - 1 species
  • Web footed cave salamanders (Hydromantes) - 10 species
  • Jumping salamanders (Ixalotriton) - 2 species
  • Korean salamanders (Karsenia) - 1 species
  • Lined salamanders (Lineatriton) - 3 species
  • Moss salamanders (Nototriton) - 13 species
  • Long limbed salamanders (Nyctanolis) - 1 species
  • Worm salamanders (Oedipina) - 23 species
  • Tropical dwarf salamanders (Parvimolge) - 1 species
  • Slimy and Mountain salamanders (Plethodon) - 56 species
  • False brook salamanders (Pseudoeurycea) - 36 species
  • Red salamanders (Pseudotriton) - 2 species
  • Many lined salamanders (Stereochilus) - 1 species
  • Minute salamanders (Thorius) - 23 species
  • Grotto salamanders (Typhlomolge) - 1 species

Species 19 species, see text Slender Salamanders is the name often given to Plethodontid (lungless) salamanders of the genus Batrachoseps. ... Binomial name Ensatina eschscholtzii (Gray, 1850) Ensatina eschscholtzii (commonly known by its genus name, Ensatina) is a species of salamander with a range stretching from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon, across California (where all seven subspecies variations are located), all the way down to Baja in Mexico. ... Species 60 species, see text The Brook Salamanders (Eurycea) are a genus of salamanders native to North America. ... Species 1 species The Four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium) is native to North America and an endangered species. ... Binomial name Karsenia koreana Min et al. ... Species 55 species, see text Woodland Salamanders is the name often given to salamanders of the genus Plethodon (Lungless Salamander), due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage. ...

References

Min, M.S., S. Y. Yang, R. M. Bonett, D. R. Vieites, R. A. Brandon & D. B. Wake. (2005). Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander. Nature (435), 87-90 (5 May 2005). May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/species.shtml

http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Plethodontidae.shtml