Ziegler's crocodile newt

Ziegler's crocodile newt
Tylototriton ziegleri female
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Tylototriton
Species: T. ziegleri
Binomial name
Tylototriton ziegleri
Nishikawa, Matsui & Nguyen, 2013[1]

Ziegler's crocodile newt, Tylototriton ziegleri, is a species of newt in the Salamandridae family. It is so far known from Hà Giang and Cao Bằng provinces in northern Vietnam; there is a photograph to suggest it also occurs in Lào Cai Province. Based on molecular genetic data, Ziegler's crocodile newt belongs to the Tylototriton asperrimus group of knobby newts.[1]

Ziegler's crocodile newt is considered to be basically terrestrial outside the breeding season. The single known female was 71 mm (2.8 in) in snout–vent length (SVL); males were 54–68 mm (2.1–2.7 in) SVL.[1]

Male Ziegler's crocodile newt

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nishikawa, Kanto; Masafumi Matsui; Tao Thien Nguyen (2013). "A new species of Tylototriton from northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)". Current Herpetology 32: 34–49. doi:10.5358/hsj.32.34.

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