''Tylototriton panhai'' is a

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 ...

found in

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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 Biology,

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

for his dedication to the study of small new living organisms in the world for a long time, mostly discovered in Thailand.

Distribution

''Tylototriton panhai'' is found in: * Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park, Phitsanulok Province,

Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary ( th, เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าภูหลวง) is a wildlife sanctuary in northern Thailand, located in the Phu Luang mountain area, in the south of Loei Province. The are ...

and Phu Suan Sai National Park, Loei Province,

* Sayaboury Province, Laos

References

*Nishikawa, Kanto, Wichase Khonsue, Porrawee Pomchote and Masafumi Matsui. 2013
Two New Species of Tylototriton from Thailand (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)
''Zootaxa''. 3737(3): 261–279. *http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2013/11/tylototriton-uyenoi-et-panhai.html *http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Tylototriton&where-species=panhai

External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15219378 panhai Amphibians of Thailand