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Cryptobranchidae - large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders

amphibian family - any family of amphibians

Caudata, order Caudata, order Urodella, Urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes

Cryptobranchus, genus Cryptobranchus - type genus of the Cryptobranchidae

genus Megalobatrachus, Megalobatrachus - giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus

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References in periodicals archive

Histology of the reproductive organs of Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Caudata: Cryptobranchidae) in Missouri.

A comparison of sperm health in declining and stable populations of hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis and C.a. bishopi)

Despite the similarity of the genital kidney to that of sirenids, the pelvic kidney of the Rhyacotritonidae is most similar to that of the Cryptobranchidae and the Hynobiidae (i.e., collecting ducts that communicate individually with the cranial portion of the cloaca), a condition that could be considered homoplastic in the context of our current understanding of salamander phylogeny.

The urogenital system of the male Rhyacotriton and the evolution of the male urogenital duct system in salamanders

The Cryptobranchidae family or "Giant Salamanders" consists of two extant genera.

Cryptobranchid update: eastern hellbender/Ozark hellbender "North America's Largest Salamander"

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