Global InformationWenxian knobby newt information
| Wenxian knobby newt | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Tylototriton |
| Species: | T. wenxianensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylototriton wenxianensis Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984
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| Synonyms | |
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Tylototriton asperrimus wenxianensis Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984 | |
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 Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Anhui provinces). Its type locality is Wen County in Gansu, or in Chinese: 文县; pinyin: Wénxiàn, hence the name.[2]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tylototriton wenxianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T145401116A63871774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T145401116A63871774.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Tylototriton wenxianensis Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 January 2015.