Tylototriton kweichowensis
Red-tailed Knobby Newt Subgenus: Tylototriton | family: Salamandridae subfamily: Pleurodelinae |
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Description Individuals vary in coloration. The parotoid glands, tips of toes, tail, and bumpy strips are red or orange in some animals (Datong and Dingqi 2008). This species is very similar in appearance to T. shanjing. In T. kweichowensis the dorsolateral tubercles are square and tend to be fused or only narrowly separated; on the head only the parotoid region is orange-red. In T. shanjing dorsolateral tubercles are rounded and widely separated; on the head, orange pigment is visible on the dorsal and ventral surfaces (Ziegler et al. 2008). Distribution and Habitat Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: China
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors Trends and Threats Possible reasons for amphibian decline General habitat alteration and loss
References
Raffaëlli, J. (2007). Les Urodèles du monde. Penclen Edition, France. Yang, D. and Rao, D. (2008). Amphibia and Reptilia of Yunnan. Yunnan Publishing Group Corporation, Kunming. Ziegler, T., Hartmann, T., Van der Straeten, K., Karbe, D., and Böhme, W. (2008). ''Captive breeding and larval morphology of Tylototriton shanjing Nussbaum, Brodie & Yang, 1995, with an updated key of the genus Tylototriton (Amphibia: Salamandridae).'' Der Zoologische Garten, 77, 246-260. Written by Michael Li (mzl AT berkeley.edu), UC Berkeley First submitted 2000-02-07 Edited by Kellie Whittaker (2009-03-11) Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2009 Tylototriton kweichowensis: Red-tailed Knobby Newt <http://amphibiaweb.org/species/4306> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Jan 15, 2021.
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