| Salamandroidea | |
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| Salamandra atra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Suborder: | Salamandroidea (Fitzinger, 1826) |
| Families | |
Salamandroidea is a suborder of salamanders, referred to as advanced salamanders. The members of the suborder are found worldwide except for Antarctica, Southern Sahara, and Oceania. They differ from suborder Cryptobranchoidea as their angular and prearticular bones in their lower jaw are fused and all members are internal fertilizers. [1] The female is fertilized via a spermatophore, a sperm-containing cap that is placed by the male in her cloaca. The cloaca stores the sperm via a spermathecae until it they are needed on oviposition. [2]
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