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salamandroidea, cryptobranchoidea,
amphibian database, amphibian species, salamander, salamanders, newts, newt, caudata, caudate,
anura, anuran, fire belly newt, fire belly toad, biodiversity, conservation, amphibian,
amphibians, ambystomatidae, ambystoma, amphiumidae, amphiuma, cryptobranchidae, dicamptodontidae,
hynobiidae, proteidae, plethodontidae, rhyacotritonidae, salamandridae, sirenidae, siren, cynops, pachytriton,
paramesotriton, tylototriton
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Complete Caudate Species Database
 New caudate species are still discovered in the wild today, but the majority of taxonomic changes come from the reclassification of existing taxon based on
new genetic discoveries. Because of these new discoveries, the databases and taxonomic models on livingunderworld.org
are updated when new information is discovered or handed down, and
an effort is made to keep it as current as possible. Taxonomy is
increasingly based on molecular findings, rather than morphological
similarities, which has cleared up many "gray areas" in the caudate
order, and enabled scientists to classify similar species
definitively. However, like all amphibians, the caudate taxonomic
model is still subject to change as new information is discovered.
Please feel free to
contact us
with comments about this database or the
taxonomic model. For more information about each caudate family and the taxonomic
model, see the Caudate Families, and the
Taxonomic Model. For information about Taxonomy, the Linnaean
System of Classification, and Cladistics, see
article
0012 - Introduction to Systematics & Taxonomy.
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Amphibia (Linnaeus, 1758); Amphibians / Batrachians |
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Caudata (Scopoli, 1777) or Urodela (Latreille, 1825); Caudates |
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Cryptobranchoidea (Fitzinger, 1826); Suborder, ancient or primitive salamanders |
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Salamandroidea (Fitzinger, 1826); Suborder, advanced salamanders |
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Sirenoidea (Goodrich, 1930); Suborder, sirens |
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Photo Credits:
Ranobon sibiricus, copyright Henk Wallays, Henk. Wallays@pandora.be
References
AmphibiaWeb (2003).
http://amphibiaweb.org/.
(Accessed: 2001-2003).
Bruce, Richard, Robert G. Jaeger, and Lynne D. Houck. The Biology of
Plethodontid Salamanders. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. The Diversity of Amphibians & Reptiles: An
Introduction. Springer Verlag, 1999.
Duellman, William, and Linda Trueb. Biology of Amphibians. Johns
Hopkins University Pr., 1994.
Green, David M, Stanley K. Sessions. Amphibian Cytogenetics and
Evolution. Academic Press, 1997.
Griffiths, Richard A. Newts and Salamanders of Europe. San Diego,
CA: Academic Press Inc., 1996.
Larson, Allan. (1996). Caudata. Tree of Life Web Project.
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Caudata&contgroup=Living_Amphibians.
(Accessed: 2003).
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