Salamandroidea 5761518 216179206 2008-05-31T13:02:25Z DOI bot 6652755 Citation maintenance. You can [[WP:DOI|use this bot]] yourself! Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. {{Taxobox |name = ''Salamandroidea'' | image = | image_caption = |regnum = [[Animal]]ia |phylum = [[Chordata]] |classis = [[Amphibia]] |ordo = [[Caudata]] |subordo = '''Salamandroidea''' | subordo_authority = (Fitzinger, 1826) |subdivision_ranks = Family |subdivision = * [[Ambystomatidae]] * [[Amphiumidae]] * [[Dicamptodontidae]] * [[Lungless salamander|Plethodontidae]] * [[Proteidae]] * [[Rhyacotritonidae]] * [[Salamandridae]] }} '''Salamandroidea''' is a [[suborder]] of [[salamander]]s, referred to as advanced salamanders. The members of the suborder are found worldwide except for [[Antarctica]], [[Australasia]], 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 fertilization|internal fertilizers]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livingunderworld.org/caudata/families/ |title=Caudate Families (Newts & Salamanders) |accessdate=2007-11-09 |last=Miller |first=Jessica J. |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=ivingunderworld.org}}</ref> 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]]. <ref> {{cite journal |last=Sever |first=David M. |authorlink= |coauthors=Stanley E. Trauth |year=1990 |month=April |title=Cloacal Anatomy of Female Salamanders of the Plethodontid Subfamily Desmognathinae (Amphibia: Urodela) |journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society |volume=109 |issue=2 |pages=193–204|id=|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0023%28199004%29109%3A2%3C193%3ACAOFSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage |accessdate= 2007-11-09 |quote=| doi = 0.2307/3226814 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Salamanders]] {{salamander-stub}} [[de:Salamanderverwandte]] [[es:Salamandroidea]] [[hu:Salamandroidea]] [[nl:Salamandroidea]] [[pt:Salamandroidea]] [[pl:Salamandroidea]]