| Central Asian Salamander | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Ranodon |
| Species: | R. sibiricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866 |
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The Central Asian Salamander (in Kazakh - Жетісу аяқтыбалығы, in Russian - Семиреченский лягушкозуб) or Semirechensk Salamander (Ranodon sibiricus) is a species of salamander in the monotypic genus of the Hynobiidae family.
The Central Asian Salamander is found in the Dzungarian Alatau mountains on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
The species is threatened by habitat loss.