Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Proteidae
Genera: Necturus - Proteus
Name
Proteidae Gray, 1825
Type genus: Proteus Laurenti, 1768
Synonyms
* Proteina Gray, 1825
* Phanerobranchoidea Fitzinger, 1826
* Pododysmolgae Ritgen, 1828
* Proteideae — Tschudi, 1838
* Proteidae — Hogg, 1838
* Hypochthonina Bonaparte, 1840
* Necturi Fitzinger, 1843
* Necturina Bonaparte, 1845
* Hypochthonidae — Bonaparte, 1850
* Necturidae — Bonaparte, 1850
* Proteida — Jan, 1857
* Menobranchida Knauer, 1883
* Hylaeobatrachidae Abel, 1919
* Hylaeobatrachoidea — Kuhn, 1965
* Proteoidea — Dubois, 2005
References
* Gray, 1825, Ann. Philos., London, Ser. 2, 10: 215.
* Hogg, 1838, Ann. Nat. Hist., London, 1: 152.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Proteidae access date 7 August 2008
Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Mudpuppies and waterdogs
