Central Asian salamander
| Central Asian salamander | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Hynobiidae |
| Genus: | Ranodon |
| Species: | R. sibiricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866 | |
The Central Asian salamander (Ranodon sibiricus) is a species of salamander in the monotypic genus Ranodon of the family Hynobiidae.[2] In Kazakhstan and Russia, it is called the Semirechensk salamander (Kazakh: Жетісу аяқтыбалығы; Russian: Семиреченский лягушкозуб), while in China, it is called the Xinjiang salamander (Chinese: 新疆北鲵; Uyghur: شىنجاڭ سالاماندراسى ).
The Central Asian salamander is found in the Dzungarian Alatau mountains on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. The species is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 Kuzmin, Sergius; Wang, Xiuling; Ishchenko, Vladimir; Tuniyev, Boris (2004). "Ranodon sibiricus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T19304A8851144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T19304A8851144.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Ranodon Kessler, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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