Tylototriton is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 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]

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

Species

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38 species recognized as of July 2023:[4]

Phylogeny

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

Tylototriton 

References

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  1. ^ Max Sparreboom (2013). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Tylototriton Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World 6.1, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 59036508.
  4. ^ Phung, Trung My; Pham, Cuong The; Nguyen, Truong Quang; Ninh, Hoa Thi; Nguyen, Huy Quoc; Bernardes, Marta; Le, Son Thanh; Ziegler, Thomas; Nguyen, Tao Thien (2023-07-03). "Southbound – the southernmost record of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam represents a new species". ZooKeys (1168): 193–218. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1168.96091. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10848839.
  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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