.::::: Caudatas of the World :::::.
Last update: 24 July, 2003

The two main distribution centers for species of caudatas are eastern Asia and North America, and with no species to be found in Australia and only a few in the most northern parts of Africa.

Ambystomatidae Amphiumidae Cryptobranchidae
Dicamptodontidae Hynobiidae Plethodontidae
Proteidae Rhyacotrionidae Salamandridae
  Sirenidae  
Literature
Belden, L.K. & A.R. Blaustein. 2002. UV-B induced skin darkening in larval salamanders does not prevent sublethal effects of exposure on growth. Copeia, 2002(3):748-754.
Borkhvardt, V.G. & S.N. Litvinchuk. 2000. Epicoracoid overlap indices in newts. Russ. J. Herpetol., 7(3):239-240 .
Iordansky, N.N. 2001. Jaw apparatus of the permanent-aquatic urodela: Paedomorphosis, neoteny, and feeding adaptations. Russ. J. Herpetol., 8(3):179-194.