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Chapter Outline
- Description of Tetrapoda
- Classification of Tetrapoda
- Gymnophiona
- Caudata
- Anura
- Paleo Tetrapoda
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The order Caudata contains the salamanders. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is well known for its overall high biodiversity within the temperate zones, but it is especially well known for its diversity of salamanders. Outside of the tropics, the park has the highest abundance and diversity of these amphibians in the world.
- SUPERFAMILY CRYPTOBRANCHOIDEA
- FAMILY CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE
- Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP, SCZ
- FAMILY HYNOBIIDAE - ASIATIC SALAMANDERS
- Asian Salamanders (Hynobius spp.) -
EOL
- SCZ
- SUPERFAMILY SALAMANDROIDEA
- FAMILY AMBYSTOMATIDAE
- Mole Salamanders (Ambystoma spp.) -
EOL
- Olympic NP
- Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) -
NOAH
EOL
IUCN Map
- SCZ
- FAMILY AMPHIUMIDAE - AMPHIUMAS
- Amphiumas (Amphiuma spp.) -
EOL
- Okefenokee, National Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo
- FAMILY DICAMPTODONTIDAE
- Giant Salamanders (Dicamptodon spp.) -
EOL
- Olympic NP, Redwoods NP
- FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE
- Lungless Salamanders -
EOL
- Olympic NP, SCZ, Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus spp.) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP, SCZ
- Texas Blind Salamanders (Eurycea spp.) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP, SCZ
- Blue Ridge Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Four-Toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon spp.) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP
- Red & Mud Salamanders (Pseudotriton spp.) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP, SCZ
- FAMILY PROTEIDAE
- Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP, SCZ, KC Zoo
- FAMILY RHYACOTRITONIDAE
- Torrent Salamanders (Rhyacotriton spp.) -
EOL
- Olympic NP, SCZ
- FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE - NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS
- Brown Newt (Cynops ensicauda) -
EOL
- SCZ
- Alligator Newt (Echinotriton andersoni) -
EOL
- SCZ
- Spotted Newts (Neurergus spp.) -
EOL
- SCZ
- Black-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus meridionalis) -
EOL
- SCZ
- Striped Newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) -
EOL
- SCZ
- Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) -
EOL
- Great Smoky Mtns. NP, Adirondack Wild Center
- Iberian Ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles waltl) -
EOL
- SCZ
- European Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra salamandra) -
EOL
- SCZ
- Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) -
EOL
- Olympic NP, Crater Lake
- Himalayan Crocodile Newt (Tylototriton verrucosus) -
EOL
- SCZ
- SUPERFAMILY SIRENOIDEA
- FAMILY SIRENIDAE
- Dwarf Sirens (Pseudobranchus spp.) -
EOL
- Okefenokee
- Sirens (Siren spp.) -
EOL
- Okefenokee
- Greater Siren (Siren lacertina) -
EOL
- Omaha Zoo
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