Tylototriton

Tylototriton
	Tylototriton shanjing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Salamandridae
Subfamily:	Pleurodelinae
Genus:	Tylototriton

Tylototriton is a genus of newt known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. There are about 14 known species 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, and Vietnam and southern China.^[2]

Species

Black knobby newt (Tylototriton asperrimus)
Tylototriton broadoridgus
Tylototriton dabienicus
Hainan knobby newt (Tylototriton hainanensis)
Red-tailed knobby newt (Tylototriton kweichowensis)
Laos knobby newt (Tylototriton notialis)
Southern Sichuan crocodile newt (Tylototriton pseudoverrucosus)
Emperor newt (Tylototriton shanjing) — considered as a synonym of T. verrucosus by Frost^[4]
Taliang knobby newt (Tylototriton taliangensis)
Himalayan (crocodile) newt (Tylototriton verrucosus)
Vietnamese crocodile newt (Tylototriton vietnamensis)
Wenxian knobby newt (Tylototriton wenxianensis)
Tiannan crocodile newt (Tylototriton yangi)
Ziegler's crocodile newt (Tylotriton ziegleri)^[3]

Notes

^ Max Sparreboom (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Nishikawa, Kanto (2013). "A new species of Tylototriton from northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)". Current Herpetology. 32: 34–49. doi:10.5358/hsj.32.34. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

External links

Tylototriton at CalPhotos

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[1] Max Sparreboom (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

[frost-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.

[Nishikawa-3] Nishikawa, Kanto (2013). "A new species of Tylototriton from northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)". Current Herpetology. 32: 34–49. doi:10.5358/hsj.32.34. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[4] Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

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