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Oedipina

Oedipina
Oedipina taylori.jpg
Oedipina taylori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Oedipina
Keferstein, 1868
Species

See table.


See table.

Oedipina is a genus of lungless salamanders, which is characterized by their absence of lungs; they instead achieve respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. Species of Oedipina are endemic to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico. The common name of worm salamanders derives from the species' extraordinarily slender form with tiny limbs and digits.

This genus includes the following 29 species:



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