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Hemidactyliinae  Hallowell, 1856
Taxonomic Serial No.: 773221

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s): Bolitoglossinae Hallowell, 1856
  
    Spelerpinae Cope, 1859
  
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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  
                            FamilyPlethodontidae Gray, 1850 – Lungless Salamanders  
                               SubfamilyHemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856  
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                                  Genus Aquiloeurycea Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero and Wake, 2015  
                                  Genus Batrachoseps Bonaparte, 1839 – Slender Salamanders 
                                  Genus Bolitoglossa Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854 – tropical lungless salamanders 
                                  Genus Bradytriton Wake and Elias, 1983 – Finca Chiblac salamanders 
                                  Genus Chiropterotriton Taylor, 1944 – splayfoot salamanders 
                                  Genus Cryptotriton García-París and Wake, 2000  
                                  Genus Dendrotriton Wake and Elias, 1983 – bromeliad salamanders 
                                  Genus Eurycea Rafinesque, 1822 – Brook Salamanders 
                                  Genus Gyrinophilus Cope, 1869 – Cave Salamanders, Spring Salamanders 
                                  Genus Hemidactylium Tschudi, 1838 – Four-toed Salamanders 
                                  Genus Isthmura Dubois and Raffaelli, 2012  
                                  Genus Ixalotriton Wake and Johnson, 1989 – jumping salamanders 
                                  Genus Nototriton Wake and Elias, 1983 – moss salamanders 
                                  Genus Nyctanolis Elias and Wake, 1983 – long-limbed salamanders 
                                  Genus Oedipina Keferstein, 1868 – worm salamanders 
                                  Genus Parvimolge Taylor, 1944 – dwarf salamanders 
                                  Genus Pseudoeurycea Taylor, 1944 – false brook salamanders 
                                  Genus Pseudotriton Tschudi, 1838 – Mud Salamanders, Red Salamanders 
                                  Genus Stereochilus Cope, 1869 – Many-lined Salamanders 
                                  Genus Thorius Cope, 1869 – pigmy salamanders 
                                  Genus Urspelerpes Camp, Peterman, Milanovich, Lamb, Maerz and Wake, 2009 – patch-nosed salamanders 
       

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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: Hemidactyliinae   
       
  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   
  Reference for: Hemidactyliinae   
       
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