Tylototriton

Tylototriton
Tylototriton shanjing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Salamandridae
Subfamily:	Pleurodelinae
Genus:	Tylototriton Andersson, 1871
Type species
Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871

Tylototriton is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 14 known species are in this genus.^[1][2][3] Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.^[2]

Species

• Angular-headed newt (T. anguliceps)
• Black knobby newt (T. asperrimus)
• T. broadoridgus
• T. dabienicus
• Hainan knobby newt (T. hainanensis)
• T. himalayanus
• Red-tailed knobby newt (T. kweichowensis)
• Laos knobby newt (T. notialis)
• T. panhai
• Southern Sichuan crocodile newt (T. pseudoverrucosus)
• T. shanorum^[4]
• Emperor newt (T. shanjing)
• Taliang knobby newt (T. taliangensis)
• T. uyenoi
• Himalayan (crocodile) newt (T. verrucosus)
• Vietnamese crocodile newt (T. vietnamensis)
• Wenxian knobby newt (T. wenxianensis)
• Tiannan crocodile newt (T. yangi)
• Ziegler's crocodile newt (T. ziegleri)^[3]

• 
  Tylototriton shanjing
• 
  Tylototriton verrucosus
• 
  Tylototriton ziegleri

References

1. Max Sparreboom (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
3. Nishikawa, Kanto; Masafumi Matsui; Tao Thien Nguyen (2013). "A new species of Tylototriton from northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)". Current Herpetology. 32: 34–49. doi:10.5358/hsj.32.34.
4. Nishikawa, et al: A NEW SPECIES OF TYLOTOTRITON (AMPHIBIA: URODELA: SALAMANDRIDAE) FROM CENTRAL MYANMAR

External links

• Tylototriton at CalPhotos