Central Asian Salamander

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Central Asian Salamander
Conservation status
Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Caudata Family: Hynobiidae Genus: Ranodon Species: R. sibiricus
Binomial name
Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866

The Central Asian Salamander (in Kazakh - Жетісу аяқтыбалығы) or Semirechensk Salamander (Ranodon sibiricus) is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family. It is found in China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Kuzmin, S., Xiuling, W., Ishchenko, V. & Tuniyev, B. 2004. Ranodon sibiricus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.