The Guizhou salamander (''Pseudohynobius guizhouensis'') is a species of salamander in the family

Hynobiidae The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. A ...

. This recently described species is so far known only from its type locality, Yanxia Village (altitude 1,650 m) in

Guiding County Guiding County () is a county of south-central Guizhou, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (; Buyei: ''Qianfnanf Buxqyaix ...

in Guizhou; it is endemic to China. Adult salamanders measure in total length. The original species description relied on morphological characteristics only. Genetic methods, however, have confirmed the Guizhou salamander is a valid species. According to the original description, it is most similar to the Kuankuoshui salamander and the yellow-spotted salamander (''P. kuankuoshuiensis'' and ''P. flavomaculatus'', respectively); genetic data suggest the Jinfo Mountain salamander (''P. jinfo'') to be its close relative too.

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