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Cryptobranchidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Fitzinger, L. J. F. J. (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren Natürlichen Verwandtschaften nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologisch Museum's zu Wien. <em>Wien: J. G. Heubner.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Amphibia
order
Caudata
family
Cryptobranchidae

Name

Synonyms
Cryptobranchiidae
Homonyms
Cryptobranchidae
Common names
Giant Salamanders in English
Giant Salamanders in English
Giant Salamanders in English
Hellbenders in English
Hellbenders in English
Hellbenders in English
Hellbenders and Giant Salamanders in English
Jättiläissalamanterit in Finnish
Kjempesalamandere in Norwegian Bokmål
Kjempesalamanderfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
Kæmpesalamandre in Danish
Riesensalamander in German
Salamandras gigantes in Spanish
Skrytoskrzelne in Polish
Veľmlokovité in Slovak
hellbender in English
velemlokovití in Czech
óriásszalamandra-félék in Hungarian
Скрытажабравыя in Belarusian
Скрытожаберники in Russian
סלמנדרות ענקיות in Hebrew
سمادل عملاقة in Arabic
ซาลาแมนเดอร์ยักษ์ in Thai
ซาลาแมนเดอร์ยักษ์ เฮลล์เบนเดอร์ in Thai
オオサンショウウオ科 in Japanese
隱鰓鯢科 in Chinese
장수도롱뇽과 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Fitzinger, L. J. F. J. (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren Natürlichen Verwandtschaften nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologisch Museum's zu Wien. <em>Wien: J. G. Heubner.</em>
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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