Hemidactyliine Salamanders
Hemidactyliinae
Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. With over 500 species, lungless salamanders are by far the largest family of salamanders in terms of their diversity. Most species are native to the Western Hemisphere, from British Columbia to Brazil. Only two extant genera occur in the Eastern Hemisphere: Speleomantes (native to Sardinia and mainland Europe south of the Alps) and Karsenia (native to South Korea).
21 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 398 known species
Brook Salamanders
genusEurycea
Slender Salamanders
genusBatrachoseps
Red and Mud Salamanders
genusPseudotriton
Four-toed Salamanders
genusHemidactylium
Cave and Spring Salamanders
genusGyrinophilus
Mushroom-tongued Salamanders
genusBolitoglossa
Giant False Brook Salamanders
genusIsthmura
False Brook Salamanders
genusPseudoeurycea
False Brook Salamanders
genusAquiloeurycea
Worm Salamanders
genusOedipina
Splayfoot Salamanders
genusChiropterotriton
Minute Salamanders
genusThorius
Many-lined Salamanders
genusStereochilus
Moss Salamanders
genusNototriton
Hidden Salamanders
genusCryptotriton
Patch-nosed Salamanders
genusUrspelerpes
Mexican Dwarf Salamanders
genusParvimolge
Bromeliad Salamanders
genusDendrotriton
Long-limbed Salamanders
genusNyctanolis
Finca Chiblac Salamanders
genusBradytriton
Jumping Salamanders
genusIxalotriton
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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