| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Deuterostomia - deuterostomes |
| phylum | Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates |
| subphylum | Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata Zittel, 1879 - jawed vertebrates |
| superclassis | Tetrapoda Gaffney, 1979 - four-limbed vertebrates |
| class | Amphibia Linnaeus, 1758 - amphibians |
| subclass | Lissamphibia Haeckel, 1866 |
| infraclass | Urodela Latreille, 1825 |
| order | Cryptobranchoidea |
| family | Hynobiidae Cope, 1859 - Asiatic salamanders |
| subfamily | Hynobiinae Cope, 1859 |
| genus | Paradactylodon Risch, 1984 |
| species | Paradactylodon mustersi (Smith, 1940) - Afghani Brook Salamander |