Biology:Echinotriton

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Echinotriton
Anderson's Crocodile Newt (33518872052).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Echinotriton
Nussbaum & Brodie, 1982

Echinotriton is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae.

Species

It contains the following species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Anderson's Crocodile Newt (33518872052).jpg Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) Ryukyu Islands of Japan, and, at least formerly, Mount Guanyin in northern Taiwan
Echinotriton chinhaiensis (Chang, 1932) Zhejiang province, China
Echinotriton maxiquadratus Hou, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Yuan, and Li, 2014 China


References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Echinotriton". American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Echinotriton. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1932844 entry