Guabang Shan salamander
| Guabang Shan salamander | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Hynobius |
| Species: | H. guabangshanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hynobius guabangshanensis Shen, Deng & Wang, 2004 | |
The Guabang Shan salamander, Hynobius guabangshanensis, is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to China, as it is only known from the locality from where it was described as a new species to science in 2004, at Guabang Shan Tree Farm in Qiyang County of Hunan Province. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.[1]
H. guabangshanensis resembles H. amjiensis but is smaller, up to 151 mm in total length and 88 mm in snout-vent length for an adult male.[2]
H. guabangshanensis is potentially threatened by habitat loss, though IUCN considers it as Data Deficient.[1]
Sources
- 1 2 3 Xie Feng & Jiang Jianping (2006). "Hynobius guabangshanensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2006: e.T61894A12563741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61894A12563741.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ↑ Shen, Y.-H.; Deng, X.-J. & Wang, B. (2004). "A new hynobiid species Hynobius guabangshanensis from Hunan Province, China (Amphibia: Hynobiidae)". Acta Zoologica Sinica. 50 (2): 209–215.
External links
- "Hynobius guabangshanensis". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 28 July 2012. — includes a photograph.
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