''Paradactylodon'', the mountain salamanders or Middle Eastern stream salamanders, is a genus of
salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...
s in the family
Hynobiidae
The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. ...
found in Afghanistan.
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Paradactylodon'':
[
*'' Paradactylodon persicus''
*'' Paradactylodon mustersi''
]
References
*Caudata Culture 2009
Hynobiidae.
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Fauna of Afghanistan
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