Caudata

From Palaeos

<==Caudata
   |  i. s.: Liaoxitriton zhongjiani
   |         Ramonellus Nevo & Estes 1969
   |         Onychodactylus
   |         Tylototriton
   |           |--T. andersoni (Boulenger 1892)
   |           |--T. asperrimus
   |           |--T. kweichowensis Fang & Chang 1932
   |           |--T. taliangensis Liu 1950
   |           `--T. verrucosus Anderson 1871 [=T. verrocosa (l. c.), T. verrucosa (l. c.)]
   |         Triturus
   |           |--T. cristatus
   |           |--T. viridescens
   |           `--T. wolterstorffi (Boulenger 1905) (see below for synonymy)
   |--Marmorerpeton
   `--+--+--Karaurus sharovi Ivakhnenko 1978
      |  `--Kokartus
      `--Urodela
           |  i. s.: Noterpeton Rage et al. 1993 [Noterpetontidae]
           |           `--*N. bolivianum Rage et al. 1993
           |--+--Cryptobranchoidea
           |  `--+--Jeholotriton paradoxus
           |     `--+--Laccotriton subsolanus
           |        `--Sinerpeton Gao & Shubin 2001
           |             `--*S. fengshanensis Gao & Shubin 2001
           `--+--Valdotriton gracilis Evans & Milner 1996
              |--Rhyacotriton [Rhyacotritonidae]
              |--+--Amphiuma [Amphiumidae]
              |  |    |--A. means
              |  |    `--A. tridactylum
              |  `--+--Sirenidae
              |     `--Proteidae [Proteoidea]
              |          |--Necturus alabamensis
              |          `--Proteus Laurenti 1768
              |               `--P. anguinus Laurenti 1768
              `--Ambystomatoidea
                   |--Plethodontidae
                   `--+--+--Dicamptodon [Dicamptodontidae]
                      |  `--Ambystoma [Ambystomatidae]
                      |       |--A. maculatum
                      |       `--A. tigrinum
                      `--Salamandridae
                           |--Salamandra
                           |    |--*S. salamandra
                           |    `--S. atra
                           `--Euproctus
                                |--E. asper
                                `--E. montanus

Triturus wolterstorffi (Boulenger 1905) [=Molge wolterstorffi, Cynops wolterstorffi, Hypselotriton wolterstorffi]

* Type species of generic name indicated

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