The Kuankuoshui salamander (''Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and only know from its type locality, Puchang-Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve (蒲昌宽阔水) in

Suiyang County Suiyang County () is a county in Guizhou Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi. It has an area of 2,566 square kilometers and a population of 560,000 as of 2017. Suiyang leaf-litter toad, ''Leptobrache ...

, Guizhou Province. Its natural habitats are temperate forests,

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s, and pools. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Kuankuoshui salamander is a relative large salamander, about in total length.

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Pseudohynobius Amphibians of China Endemic fauna of China Amphibians described in 2007 {{salamander-stub