After Larson, 1996, Fu, Wang, Zeng, Liu & Zheng, 2001, Gao & Shubin, 2003, Frost et al., 2006, and Gao & Shubin, 2012, with species from Frost, 2000-2002 [“AMNH Amphibian species of the World”]
<==o Cryptobranchoidei Noble, 1931 sensu Frost et al., 2006 [taxonomic history] (giant salamanders, hellbenders; suursalamanterit) |?- †Kiyatriton leshchinskiyi Averianonv & Voronkevich, 2001; E.Cret. NCAs. |--o Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1826 [taxonomic history] (hellbenders; jättiläissalamanterit) | |-- †Chunerpeton tianyiensis Gao & Shubin, 2003, L.Cret. EAs. | `--+-- †Pangerpeton sinensis Wang & Evans, 2006; L.Jur.-E.Cret. EAs. | `--+--o Cryptobranchus Leuckart, 1821 [Plicagnathus Cook, 1917; Sieboldia Blanchard, 1871] | | |?- †C. guildayi Holman, 1977 | | |?- †C. saskatchewanensis Naylor, 1981 | | `-- C. alleghaniensis ( Daudin, 1803) [Salamandra alleganiensis Daudin, 1803] (hellbender; liejupiru) | `--o Andrias Tschudi, 1837 [Hydrosalamandra; Megalobatrachus; Plicagnathus; Proteocordylus; Sieboldia; Tritogenius; Tritomegas; Zaissanurus] (giant salamanders; jättiläissalamanterit) | |?- †A. scheuchzeri Tschudi, 1837 [“Homo diluvii testis”] | |?- †A. bohemicus Laube, 1897 | |?- †A. matthewi Cook, 1917 [Cryptobranchus mccalli Tihen & Chantell, 1963] | |-- A. davidianus (Chinese giant salamander; kiinanjättiläissalamanteri) | `-- A. japonicus (Japanese giant salamander; japaninjättiläissalamanteri) `--o Hynobiidae Cope, 1859 (1856) [taxonomic history] (kantasalamanterit) |?- †Iridotriton hechti Evans, Lally, Chure, Elder & Maisano, 2005 sensu Gao & Shubin, 2012; U.Jur. WNA. |?-o †Liaoxitriton Dong & Wang, 1998 sensu Gao & Shubin, 2012; L.Cret. EAs. | |-- †L. zhongjiani Dong & Wang, 1998 | `-- †L. daohugouensis Wang, 2004a |?- Pachyhynobius shangchengensis Fei, Qu & Wu, 1983 [Xenopius] |?-o Pseudohynobius Fei & Yang, 1983 | |-- P. flavomaculatus Hu & Fei, 1978 [Ranodon (Pseudohynobius) flavomaculatus Kuzmin, 1999] (Yellow-spotted Salamander) | |-- P. guizhouensis Li, Tian & Gu, 2010 | |-- P. jinfo Wei, Xiong, Hou & Zeng, 2009 (Jinfo Mountain Salamander?) | |-- P. kuankuoshuiensis Xu & Zeng, 2007 (Kuankuoshui Salamander) | `-- P. shuichengensis Tian, Li & Gu, 1998 (Shuicheng Salamander) |?- Protohynobius puxiongensis Fei & Ye, 2000 `--+--+-- Hynobius Tschudi, 1838 [Pachypalaminus] | `--o Salamandrella Dybowski, 1870 [Isodactylium Strauch, 1870] (Dybowski's Salamanders; siperiansalamanteri) | |-- S. keyserlingii Dybowski, 1870 [Isodactylium schrenckii Strauch, 1870; Hynobius keyserlingii] (siperiansalamanteri) | `-- S. tridactyla (Nikolskii, 1906) [Salamandrella keyserlingii var. tridactyla Nikolskii, 1906] `--+--+-- Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866 (Semirechensk salamander) | `--o Onychodactylus Tschudi, 1838 (kynsisalamanterit) | |-- O. fischeri (Boulenger, 1886) | `-- O. japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) (japaninkynsisalamanteri) `--+--o Liua Zhao & Hu, 1983 | |-- L. shihi (Liu, 1950) | `-- L. tsinpaensis (Liu & Hu, 1966) [Pseudohynobius tsinpaensis Fei & Ye, 1983; Ranodon (Pseudohynobius) tsinpaensisKuzmin, 1999] (Shaanxi Salamander) `--+?-o Paradactylodon Risch, 1984 | |-- P. gorganensis (Clergue-Gazeau & Thorn, 1979) | |-- P. mustersi (Smith, 1940) | `-- P. persicus (Eiselt & Steiner, 1970) `--o Batrachuperus Boulenger, 1878 |?- B. taibaiensis Song, Zeng, Wu, Liu & Fu, 2001 |--+-- B. londongensis Liu & Tian, 1978 | `-- “B. tibetanus” [Hongya] `--+--+-- B. yenyuanensis Liu, 1950 | `--+-- B. pinchonii (David, 1872) | `-- “B. tibetanus” [Pengxian] `--+-- B. sp. [Zhouzi] `--+--+-- “B. tibetanus” [Zhedoushan] | `-- B. karlschmidti Liu, 1950 `-- B. tibetanus Schmidt, 1925 sensu stricto
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