Hydromantes

Hydromantes, commonly referred to as web-toed salamanders, is a genus of the lungless salamander family, Plethodontidae; they achieve respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. They are endemic to mountains of California in the United States.^[1] Salamanders of this genus are distinguished in having extremely long tongues that they can project to 80% of their body length.^[2] Similar species endemic to southern France and Italy are now classified in a distinct genus, Speleomantes.

Web-toed salamanders
Hydromantes platycephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Plethodontinae
Genus:	Hydromantes Gistel, 1848
Species
5, See table.

Species

The following five species are placed in this genus:

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954	Limestone salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)	Mount Lyell salamander
Hydromantes samweli Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand, and Wake, 2018	Samwel Shasta salamander
Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953	Shasta salamander
Hydromantes wintu Bingham, Papenfuss, Lindstrand, and Wake, 2018	Wintu Shasta salamander