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Tylototriton shanjing, the emperor newt, Mandarin newt or Mandarin salamander, is a highly toxic newt native to Yunnan and parts of South China. It is sometimes seen in private collections, and is sometimes available for sale at certain reptile and amphibian-specializing pet stores and occasionally through captive breeders .
The range of Tylototriton anguliceps. The angular-headed newt can be found inhabiting three different countries: Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. [2] It was initially discovered in Mường Nhé District and Thuận Châu District in Vietnam and Doi Lahnga, a mountain in the Chiang Mai Province in Thailand, in 2015. [3]
Paramesotriton, also known as warty newts [1] or Asian warty newts, [2] [3] is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. [1] The genus is found in southwestern and southern China and in northern Vietnam. [1] [3] Most of the species are endemic to China, and the majority of them have been described recently, since 2008. [3]
They measure 6 to 9 cm (2.4 to 3.5 in) in snout-to-vent length, and 11 to 18 cm (4.3 to 7.1 in) overall. [3] They are similar to the California newt ( Taricha torosa ) but differ in having smaller eyes, yellow irises, V-shaped tooth patterns, and uniformly dark eyelids. [ 2 ]
It has been introduced into the Bavarian Forest in Germany. [1] Where their ranges overlap, it often hybridises with the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), the offspring being intermediate in appearance between the two species. [2] The Carpathian newt prefers wet, shady woodland, both coniferous and broadleaf, glades, woodland edges and upland ...
Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Salamandrids are distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of their bodies and by their rough skin. Their skin is very granular because of the number of poison glands. They also lack nasolabial grooves.
The common mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) is a species of salamander in the family Proteidae. [3] It lives an entirely aquatic lifestyle in parts of North America in lakes, rivers, and ponds. It goes through paedomorphosis and retains its external gills . [ 4 ]
Paramesotriton maolanensis, also known as the Maolan warty newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is known only from Maolan National Nature Reserve in Libo County, southern Guizhou, China. [1] [3] It is a relatively large member of