Salamander relatives
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Alpine salamander ( Salamandra atra ) |
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| Fitzinger , 1826 |
The salamander relatives (Salamandroidea) represent a superfamily of the caudate amphibians (caudata or urodela) in the systematic classification . All species share the following anatomical features:
The vertebral bodies are amphicoel to ophistocoel shaped. The adults have no gill holes or external gills; the palatal teeth are in two longitudinal rows.
In addition to "typical" salamanders and newts, the Salamandroidea also includes the eel newts (Amphiumidae) - their body shape is eel-like with four small stubby legs and tiny, reduced toes; they have a comb ridge on their back and live purely aquatic.
The families of the salamander relatives:
- Transverse Newts , Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850
- Eel newts , Amphiumidae Gray, 1825
- Giant transverse newts , Dicamptodontidae Tihen, 1958
- Lungless salamander , Plethodontidae Gray, 1850
- Olme , Proteidae Gray, 1825
- Rhyacotritonidae Tihen, 1958
- Real salamanders and newts , Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
literature
- F. v. Huene: Paleontology and Phylogeny of the Lower Tetrapods. 716 pp., Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1959.
- O. Kuhn, O .: The families of recent and fossil amphibians and reptiles. 79 p. Verlagshaus Meisenbach KG Bamberg 1961.
- V. Storch, U. Welsch: Systematic Zoology. 6th edition. 853 pp., Spektrum-Akademischer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-827-41112-2 .
Web links
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