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''Liua'' is a genus of
salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...
s (common name: Sichuan salamanders) in the family
Hynobiidae The Asiatic salamanders (family Hynobiidae) are primitive salamanders found all over Asia, and in European Russia. They are closely related to the giant salamanders (family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea. A ...
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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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Species

The genus contains only two species: * '' Liua shihi'' (Liu, 1950) — Wushan salamander (synonym: ''Ranodon shihi'') * '' Liua tsinpaensis'' (Liu and Hu, 1966) — Tsinpa salamander (synonym: ''Ranodon tsinpaensis'')


References


External links

*Caudata Culture 2009
Hynobiidae.
Asiatic salamanders Amphibians of Asia Endemic fauna of China Amphibian genera Taxa named by Zhao Ermi {{salamander-stub