Desmognathinae

…genera, placed in 2 subfamilies: Hemidactyliinae, with 21 genera (including Bolitoglossa) and about 373 species in North America, Central America, and South America, and Plethodontinae, with 7 genera (including Plethodon and Desmognathus in North America and Hydromantes in western North America and the central

…divided phylogenetically into the subfamilies Desmognathinae and Plethodontinae. The desmognathines are made up of two genera (Desmognathus and Phaeognathus) and 18 species strictly limited to eastern North America. Desmognathine salamanders range from fully terrestrial forms, such as the Red Hills salamander (P. hubrichti), to aquatic forms, such as the black-bellied…