''Tylototriton'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

newt A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aqua ...

s known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 36 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.

Species

36 species recognized as of April 2022: *''

Tylototriton anguliceps The angular-headed newt (''Tylototriton anguliceps''), also known as angular-headed crocodile newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae from Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Its unique orange markings help to distinguish it from ...

'' Le, Nguyen, Nishikawa, Nguyen, Pham, Matsui, Bernardes, and Nguyen, 2015 *'' Tylototriton anhuiensis'' Qian, Sun, Li, Guo, Pan, Kang, Wang, Jiang, Wu, and Zhang, 2017 *''

Tylototriton asperrimus The black knobby newt (''Tylototriton asperrimus'') is a species of salamanders in the family Salamandridae found in China and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist monta ...

'' Unterstein, 1930 *'' Tylototriton broadoridgus'' Shen, Jiang, and Mo, 2012 *'' Tylototriton dabienicus'' Chen, Wang, and Tao, 2010 *'' Tylototriton daloushanensis'' Zhou, Xiao, and Luo, 2022 *''

Tylototriton hainanensis The Hainan knobby newt (''Tylototriton hainanensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found only in the island of Hainan, China. It is known from the Wuzhi Mountains, Diaoluoshan, and Jianfengling. All these locati ...

'' Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984 *'' Tylototriton himalayanus'' Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel, and Jiang, 2015 *'' Tylototriton kachinorum'' Zaw, Lay, Pawangkhanant, Gorin, and Poyarkov, 2019 *'' Tylototriton kweichowensis'' Fang and Chang, 1932 *'' Tylototriton liuyangensis'' Yang, Jiang, Shen, and Fei, 2014 *'' Tylototriton lizhengchangi'' Hou, Zhang, Jiang, Li and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton maolanensis'' Li, Wei, Cheng, Zhang, and Wang, 2020 *'' Tylototriton ngarsuensis'' Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza, Grismer, Murdoch, and Lin, 2018 *'' Tylototriton notialis'' Stuart, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, and Robichaud, 2010 *''

Tylototriton panhai ''Tylototriton panhai'' is a newt found in Thailand and Laos. It was recently distinguished from '' Tylototriton shanjing'' (emperor newt) by Nishikawa et al., 2013. The specific name, ''panhai'', is in honour of Somsak Panha of Department of ...

'' Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui, 2013 *'' Tylototriton panwaensis'' Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza, and Murdoch, 2019 *'' Tylototriton pasmansi'' Bernardes, Le, Nguyen, Pham, Pham, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2020 *'' Tylototriton phukhaensis'' Pomchote, Khonsue, Thammachoti, Hernandez, Peerachidacho, Suwannapoom, Onishi, and Nishikawa, 2020 *'' Tylototriton podichthys'' Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart, 2015 *'' Tylototriton pseudoverrucosus'' Hou, Gu, Zhang, Zeng, and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton pulcherrimus'' Hou, Zhang, Li, and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton shanjing'' Nussbaum, Brodie, and Yang, 1995 *'' Tylototriton shanorum'' Nishikawa, Matsui, and Rao, 2014 *'' Tylototriton sini'' Lyu, Wang, Zeng, Zhou, Qi, Wan, and Wang, 2021 *'' Tylototriton sparreboomi'' Bernardes, Le, Nguyen, Pham, Pham, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2020 *'' Tylototriton taliangensis'' Liu, 1950 *'' Tylototriton thaiorum'' Poyarkov, Nguyen, and Arkhipov, 2021 *'' Tylototriton tongziensis'' Li, Liu, Shi, Wei, and Wang, 2022 *'' Tylototriton umphangensis'' Pomchote, Peerachidacho, Hernandez, Sapewisut, Khonsue, Thammachoti, and Nishikawa, 2021 *''

Tylototriton uyenoi ''Tylototriton uyenoi'', the Chiang Mai crocodile newt, is a newt endemic to Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. It was distinguished from '' Tylototriton shanjing'', the emperor newt, in 2013. The species was named in honor of herpetologist Shun-ichi ...

'' Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui, 2013 *''

Tylototriton verrucosus ''Tylototriton verrucosus'' is a species of newt found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Common names include: Himalayan newt, crocodile newt, crocodile salamander, Himalayan salamander, red knobby newt. Description This newt can ...

'' Anderson, 1871 *''

Tylototriton vietnamensis ''Tylototriton vietnamensis'', the Vietnamese crocodile newt or Vietnamese knobby newt, is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. It is known from four localities in northern Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), offi ...

'' Böhme, Schöttler, Nguyen, and Köhler, 2005 *''

Tylototriton wenxianensis The Wenxian knobby newt or Wenxian knobby salamander (''Tylototriton wenxianensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is endemic to central China (southern Gansu and adjacent northern Sichuan, isolated records from Gu ...

'' Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984 *''

Tylototriton yangi ''Tylototriton yangi'' is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae endemic to southern Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has ...

'' Hou, Zhang, Zhou, Li, and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton ziegleri'' Nishikawa, Matsui, and Nguyen, 2013 File:Emperor newt yunnan china.jpg, '' Tylototriton shanjing'' File:Krokodilmolch-01.jpg, ''

'' File:Tylototriton ziegleri Male1.jpg, '' Tylototriton ziegleri'' File:Tylototriton umphangensis.jpg, '' Tylototriton umphangensis''

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny of ''Tylototriton'' is from Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao (2014).Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao, 2014 : ''A new species of Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from central Myanmar.'' Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, , no. 1, .

References

External links

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