Salamander and newt genera are the genera of the order Caudata, which AmphibiaWeb counts at 845 species, about nine percent of all amphibians. GBIF lists its genera in the family Salamandridae, led by Tylototriton with about 57 descendant taxa, Paramesotriton with about 30, Triturus with about 29, Lissotriton with about 21, Cynops with about 19 and Salamandra with about 18. It keeps 30 in the Plethodontidae, led by Bolitoglossa with about 176, Desmognathus with about 88, Plethodon with about 79, Batrachoseps with about 45 and Chiropterotriton with about 44.
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AmphibiaWeb: Amphibian Species By the Numbers
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Caudata 9% 845 species
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Salamandridae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Salamandridae
"canonicalName":"Tylototriton","vernacularName":"crocodile salamander","authorship":"Anderson, 1871","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Anderson, J. 1871. Description of a new genus of newts from western Yunan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 423-425.","numDescendants":57
Children of Salamandridae: Paramesotriton
"canonicalName":"Paramesotriton","vernacularName":"warty newts","authorship":"Chang, 1935","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Chang, M. L. Y. (1935). Note relative au batracien urodèle: Mesotriton deloustali Bourret. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Serie 2, 7: 95-98.","numDescendants":30
Children of Salamandridae: Triturus
"canonicalName":"Triturus","vernacularName":"Alpine Newts","authorship":"Rafinesque, 1815","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Book]. 1-224, (self-published) Palermo.","numDescendants":29
Children of Salamandridae: Lissotriton
"canonicalName":"Lissotriton","vernacularName":"Small-bodied European newts","authorship":"Bell, 1839","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Bell, T. (1839). A History of British Reptiles. London: John van Voorst. ","numDescendants":21
Children of Salamandridae: Cynops
"canonicalName":"Cynops","vernacularName":"firebelly newts","authorship":"Tschudi, 1838","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Tschudi, J. J. (1838). Classification der Batrachier, mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 2:1-100.","numDescendants":19
Children of Salamandridae: Salamandra
"canonicalName":"Salamandra","authorship":"Garsault, 1764","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":18
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Plethodontidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Plethodontidae
"canonicalName":"Bolitoglossa","vernacularName":"tropical lungless salamanders","authorship":"Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Erpét., 9","numDescendants":176
Children of Plethodontidae: Desmognathus
"canonicalName":"Desmognathus","vernacularName":"Dusky Salamanders","authorship":"Baird, 1850","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Baird, S. F. (1850 \"1849\"). Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Series 2, 1: 281-294.","numDescendants":88
Children of Plethodontidae: Plethodon
"canonicalName":"Plethodon","vernacularName":"woodland salamander","authorship":"Tschudi, 1838","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" Classification der Batrachier ( Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchâtel , 2 (1840)): 92","numDescendants":79
Children of Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps
"canonicalName":"Batrachoseps","vernacularName":"Slender Salamanders","authorship":"Bonaparte, 1839","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Icon. F. Ital., 2, sign. 131. ***.","numDescendants":45
Children of Plethodontidae: Chiropterotriton
"canonicalName":"Chiropterotriton","vernacularName":"splayfoot salamanders","authorship":"Taylor, 1944","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Kans. Univ. Sci. Bull., 30","numDescendants":44
View the Source Wikipedia: Salamandra
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Salamandra is poisonous genus of six species of salamanders localized in central and southern Europe, Northern Africa, and western Asia.
Wikipedia: Triturus
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Triturus is a genus of newts comprising the crested and the marbled newts, which are found from Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea region.
Wikipedia: Mole salamander
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The mole salamanders (genus Ambystoma) are a group of advanced salamanders endemic to North America.
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