Chuxiong Fire-Bellied Newt

Chuxiong Fire-bellied Newt
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Cynops
Species: C. cyanurus
Binomial name
Cynops cyanurus
Liu, Hu & Yang, 1962

The Chuxiong Fire-bellied Newt (Cynops cyanurus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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