The family Hynobiidae is related to the family Cryptobranchidae, with which it forms the Suborder Cryptobranchoidea (primitive Salamanders). All species have well-developed lungs, with the exception of the genus Onychodactylus, which are lungless...more about Hynobiidae.

Genus Batrachuperus (Boulenger, 1878) Mountain Salamanders none Batrachuperus gorganensis Gorgan Mountain Salamander none Batrachuperus karlschmidti Chiala Mountain Salamander none Batrachuperus londongensis Longdong Stream Salamander none Batrachuperus mustersi Paghman Mountain Salamander   Batrachuperus persicus Persia Mountain Salamander none Batrachuperus pinchonii Stream Salamander none Batrachuperus taibaiensis Taibai Stream Salamander none Batrachuperus tibetanus Alpine Stream Salamander none Batrachuperus yenyuanensis Yenyuan Stream Salamander

Genus Hynobius (Tschudi, 1838) Hynobiids / Asian Salamanders none Hynobius abei Sato's Oriental Salamander   Hynobius amjiensis Amji Hynobiid, Amji Salamander none Hynobius arisanensis Arisan Hynobiid   Hynobius boulengeri Odaigahara Mt. Salamander   Hynobius chinensis Chinese Salamander   Hynobius dunni Oita Salamander none Hynobius formosanus Taiwan Sal., Formosan Sal. none Hynobius guabangshanensis unknown none Hynobius hidamontanus Ochikura Swamp Salamander none Hynobius katoi Akaishi-sansyouo   Hynobius kimurae Hida Salamander / Hondo Salamander   Hynobius leechii Korean Salamander, Gensan Salamander   Hynobius lichenatus Tohoku Salamander, Aomori Salamander none Hynobius mantschuriensis Liaoning Salamander   Hynobius naevius Buchi Salamander, Sagami Salamander   Hynobius nebulosus Clouded Sal., Mitsjama Sal.   Hynobius nigrescens Sendai Salamander, Black Hynobiid   Hynobius okiensis Noboribetsu Salamander, Oki Salamander   Hynobius quelpartensis Cheju Salamander   Hynobius retardatus Noboribetsu Sal., Yeso Sal. none Hynobius sonani Taichu Salamander, Sonan's Hynobiid none Hynobius stejnegeri Stejneger's Oriental Salamander   Hynobius takedai Hokuriku Sal., Honshu Sal. none Hynobius tenuis Arimine Salamander   Hynobius tokyoensis Tokyo Salamander   Hynobius tsuensis Tsushima Salamander none Hynobius turkestanicus Turkestanian Salamander none Hynobius yangi Yang's Salamander   Hynobius yiwuensis Yiwu Hynobiid none Hynobius yunanicus unknown

Genus Liua (Zhao and Hu, 1983) Wushan Salamanders   Liua shihi Wushan Salamander

Genus Onychodactylus (Tschudi, 1838) Clawed Salamanders none Onychodactylus fischeri Long-Tailed Clawed Salamander   Onychodactylus japonicus Japanese Clawed Salamander

Genus Pachyhynobius (Fei, Qu (Ku), and Wu, 1983) Shangcheng Salamanders   Pachyhynobius shangchengensis Shangcheng Stout Salamander

Genus Protohynobius (Fei & Ye, 2000) none Protohynobius puxiongensis unknown

Genus Pseduohynobius none Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus unknown none Pseudohynobius shuichengensis unknown none Pseudohynobius tsinpaensis Tsinpa Salamander

Genus Ranodon (Kessler, 1866) Siberian Salamanders   Ranodon sibiricus Siberian Salamander

Genus Salamandrella (Dybowski, 1870) Siberian Salamanders / Newts   Salamandrella keyserlingii Siberian Newt none  Salamandrella schrenckii unknown

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