Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Lungless salamanders Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Lissamphibia Order: Caudata Family: Plethodontidae 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.