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Pleurodelinae  Tschudi, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1094202

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderCaudata  – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders  
                            FamilySalamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 – Salamanders, Newts  
                               SubfamilyPleurodelinae Tschudi, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Genus Calotriton Gray, 1858  
                                  Genus Cynops Tschudi, 1838 – firebelly newts 
                                  Genus Echinotriton Nussbaum and Brodie, 1982 – mountain newts 
                                  Genus Euproctus Gené, 1839 – European mountain salamanders 
                                  Genus Hypselotriton Wolterstorff, 1934  
                                  Genus Laotriton Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009  
                                  Genus Lissotriton Bell, 1839  
                                  Genus Mesotriton Bolkay, 1927  
                                  Genus Neurergus Cope, 1862 – Kurdistan newts 
                                  Genus Notophthalmus Rafinesque, 1820 – Eastern Newts, North American Newts 
                                  Genus Ommatotriton Gray, 1850  
                                  Genus Pachytriton Boulenger, 1878 – Chinese newts 
                                  Genus Paramesotriton Chang, 1935 – warty newts 
                                  Genus Pleurodeles Michahelles, 1830 – ribbed newts 
                                  Genus Taricha Gray, 1850 – Pacific Newts 
                                  Genus Triturus Rafinesque, 1815 – alpine newts 
                                  Genus Tylototriton Anderson, 1871 – crocodile newts 
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Pleurodelinae   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
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