Tylototriton

Tylototriton
Tylototriton shanjing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Tylototriton
Andersson, 1871
Type species
Tylototriton verrucosus
Anderson, 1871

Tylototriton is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 14 known species are in this genus.[1][2][3] Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.[2]

Species

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny of Tylototriton is from Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao (2014).[5]

Tylototriton 

Subgenus Yaotriton 


Tylototriton panhai

Tylototriton asperrimus



Subgenus Tylototriton 


Tylototriton taliangensis


Tylototriton kweichowensis



Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus (Nepal)

Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus (Myanmar)


Tylototriton yangi

Tylototriton uyenoi


T. shanjing complex 


Tylototriton verrucosus pulcherrima


Tylototriton shanjing

Tylototriton verrucosus verrucosus









References

  1. ↑ Max Sparreboom (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Nishikawa, et al: A NEW SPECIES OF TYLOTOTRITON (AMPHIBIA: URODELA: SALAMANDRIDAE) FROM CENTRAL MYANMAR
  5. ↑ Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao, 2014 : A new species of Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from central Myanmar. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, vol. 60, no. 1, p. 9–22.
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