''Hydromantes'', commonly referred to as web-toed salamanders, is a genus of the lungless salamander family,

Plethodontidae Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. Most species are native to the Western Hemisphere, from British Columbia to Brazil, although a few species are found in Sardinia, Europe south of the Alps, and South Korea. In ...

; they achieve respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. They are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to mountains of

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in the

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. Salamanders of this genus are distinguished in having extremely long tongues that they can project to 80% of their body length. Similar species endemic to southern France and Italy are now classified in a distinct genus, ''

Speleomantes ''Speleomantes'', or European cave salamanders, are a genus of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders. It is one of two genera in the family to inhabit the Old World (the other being '' Karsenia''), with the remaining ...

''.

Species

The following five species are placed in this genus:

References

External links

* . 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008)
''Hydromantes''
Electronic Database accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20071024033938/http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: August 1, 2008). * eb application 2008. Berkeley, California
''Hydromantes''
AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 1, 2008).
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