Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Hainan Knobby Newt
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It inhabits forests
and breeds
in pools
and seepage pools. The larvae
develop in water.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
()
- Sarasin, 1890
- Family:
Salamandridae
()
- Goldfuss, 1820
- Subfamily:
Pleurodelinae
()
- Genus:
Tylototriton
()
- Anderson, 1871
- Specific name:
hainanensis
- Fei, Ye and Yang, 1984
- Scientific name: - Tylototriton hainanensis Fei, Ye and Yang, 1984
- Specific name:
hainanensis
- Fei, Ye and Yang, 1984
- Genus:
Tylototriton
(
- Subfamily:
Pleurodelinae
(
- Family:
Salamandridae
(
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
The taxonomic
validity of this species is disputed.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tylototriton
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. asperrimus (Black Knobby Newt) · T. hainanensis (Hainan Knobby Newt) · T. kweichowensis (Red-Tailed Knobby Newt) · T. shanjing (Emperor Newt) · T. taliangensis (Taliang Knobby Newt) · T. verrucosus (Crocodile Newt) · T. vietnamensis (Vietnam Crocodile Newt) · T. wenxianensis (Wenxian Knobby Newt)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Böhme, W., Schöttler, T., Truong, N.Q. and Köhler, J. 2005. A new species of salamander, genus Tylototriton (Urodela: Salamandridae), from northern Vietnam. Salamandra 41: 215-220.
- Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y. and Yang, R.S. 1984. A new species and a new subspecies of the genus Tylototriton (Caudata; Salamandridae). Acta Herpetologica Sinica: 85-91.
- Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-A. and Liu, M.-Y. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians of China. Henan Science and Technical Press, Zhengzhou.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong.
- Nguyen, V.S. and Ho, T.C. 1996. Danh luc bò sát và êch nhái viêt nam. Hanoi.
- Ye, C.-Y, Fei, L. and Hu, S.Q. 1993. Rare and Economic Amphibians of China. Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 14, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Haitao, S. & Chan, B. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Shi Haitao, Bosco Chan 2004. Tylototriton hainanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science: Chinese Institude of Biology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Chinese Institude of Biology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31144
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668412
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668412
- IUCN ID: 247768
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666731
Footnotes
- Shi Haitao, Bosco Chan 2004. Tylototriton hainanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
