Red-Tailed Knobby Newt

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Red-tailed Knobby Newt
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Tylototriton
Species: T. kweichowensis
Binomial name
Tylototriton kweichowensis
Fang & Chang, 1932

The Red-tailed Knobby Newt (Tylototriton kweichowensis) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in China. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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