Lungless Salamander

Lungless salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) are salamanders which do not have lungs and instead conduct respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth.

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
  • Bolitoglossa - 85 species
  • Bradytriton - 1 species
  • Chiropterotriton - 12 species
  • Cryptotriton - 6 species
  • Dendrotriton - 6 species
  • Ensatina - 1 species
  • Eurycea - 60 species
  • Gyrinophilus - 4 species
  • Haideotriton - 1 species
  • Hemidactylium - 1 species
  • Hydromantes - 10 species
  • Ixalotriton - 2 species
  • Lineatriton - 3 species
  • Nototriton - 13 species
  • Nyctanolis - 1 species
  • Oedipina - 23 species
  • Parvimolge - 1 species
  • Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) - 54 species
  • Pseudoeurycea - 36 species
  • Pseudotriton - 2 species
  • Stereochilus - 1 species
  • Thorius - 24 species
  • Typhlomolge - 1 species

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