Biology:Dayang newt
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Dayang newt | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Cynops |
| Species: | C. orphicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynops orphicus Risch, 1983
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The Dayang newt (Cynops orphicus) is a rare species of salamander in the family Salamandridae, endemic to China . It is known from Jiexi County in eastern Guangdong from where it was collected in 1936 (more specifically, from Dayang, which gave it the common name) and described as a new species in 1983.[2] More recently, it has also been found from Dehua County in central Fujian.[3]
Its natural habitats are pools and small lakes, and during hibernation, terrestrial habitats, including forest and lightly degraded areas. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cynops orphicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59443A63868525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59443A63868525.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59443/63868525. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Risch, Jean-Paul (1983). "Cynops orphicus, a new salamander from Guangdong province, south China (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae)". Alytes 2: 45–52.
- ↑ Wu, Yunke; Yuezhao Wang; Ke Jiang; James Hanken (2010). "A new newt of the genus Cynops (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Fujian Province, southeastern China". Zootaxa (2346): 42–52.
Wikidata ☰ Q28021576 entry
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