Anderson's Crocodile Newt | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Echinotriton |
Species: | E. andersoni |
Binomial name | |
Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892) |
The Anderson's Crocodile Newt (Echinotriton andersoni) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Japan and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.