Family Rhyacotritonidae Tihen 1958 (torrent salamander)
Parent taxon: Urodela according to K.-Q. Gao and N. H. Shubin 2001
See also Frank and Ramus 1996
Sister taxa: Ambystomatoidea, Amphiumidae, Cryptobranchoidea, Hemitrypus, Hynobiidae, Iridotriton, Kiyatriton, Laccotriton, Liaoxitriton, Meantes, Menopomidae, Neocaudata, Nesovtriton, Nezpercius, Plethodontidae, Pleurodelidae, Polysemia, Proteidae, Salamandra, Salamandridae, Salamandroidea, Seminobatrachus, Sinerpeton, Sirenidae, Thoriidae, Valdotriton
Subtaxa: Rhyacotriton
Type: Rhyacotriton
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhyacotritonidae in the database