Asiatic Salamanders
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Lissamphibia
Order:Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae

The Asiatic Salamanders (Family Hynobiidae) are rather primitive salamanders spread all over Asia. The are closely related with the Giant Salamanders (Family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.

  • Batrachuperus - 9 species
  • Hynobiids (Hynobius) - 26 species
  • Liua - 1 species
  • Onychodactylus - 2 species
  • Pachyhynobius - 1 species
  • Protohynobius - 1 species
  • Pseudohynobius - 1 species
  • Ranodon - 1 species
  • Salamandrella - 1 species