Giant Salamander - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

Family Cryptobranchidae

• Genus Cryptobranchus (hellbender)
  • †Cryptobranchus guildayi
  • †Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis
  • Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Hellbender)
• Genus Andrias (Asian giant salamanders; sometimes classified among the Cryptobranchus)
  • Andrias davidianus (Chinese giant salamander) – (Simplified Chinese: 娃娃鱼; pinyin: wāwāyú)
  • Andrias japonicus (Japanese giant salamander) – (Japanese: オオサンショウウオ)
  • †Andrias scheuchzeri
• Genus †Aviturus
  • †Aviturus exsecratus
• Genus †Chunerpeton Gao & Shubin, 2003
  • †Chunerpeton tianyiensis Gao & Shubin, 2003
• Genus †Zaissanurus
  • †Zaissanurus beliajevae