Red-tailed knobby newt

Red-tailed knobby newt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Tylototriton
Species:
T. kweichowensis
Binomial name
Tylototriton kweichowensis
Fang & Chang, 1932

The red-tailed knobby newt or Kweichow (crocodile) newt (Tylototriton kweichowensis) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in western Guizhou ("Kweichow" being an old spelling of Guizhou) and north-eastern Yunnan, China.[1] It is most closely related to emperor newt (Tylototriton shanjing) and Himalayan newt (T. verrucosus).[2]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tylototriton kweichowensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59484A63870946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59484A63870946.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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