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Cryptobranchus (hellbender)
Taxonomy
Cryptobranchus was named by Leuckart (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cryptobranchidae by Holman (1977), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Matsui et al. (2008), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Cryptobranchidae by Holman (1977), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Matsui et al. (2008), Eshelman et al. (2025).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Cryptobranchus Leuckart |
| 1871 | Sieboldia Blanchard |
| 1917 | Plicagnathus Cook |
| 1977 | Cryptobranchus Holman p. 159 |
| 1981 | Cryptobranchus Estes p. 13 |
| 1988 | Cryptobranchus Carroll |
| 1990 | Cryptobranchus Holman et al. p. 522 |
| 2008 | Cryptobranchus Matsui et al. p. 322 |
| 2025 | Cryptobranchus Eshelman et al. p. 75 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Cryptobranchus Leuckart 1821 [hellbender]
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Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Daudin 1803 [hellbender]
Cryptobranchus cumberlandicus Holman 1977
†Cryptobranchus guildayi Holman 1977
†Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Naylor 1981
Invalid names: Plicagnathus Cook 1917 [synonym], Sieboldia Blanchard 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available