''Ranodon'' is a
monotypic genus of
salamanders in the family
Hynobiidae.
It currently contains only one species, the Central Asian salamander (''Ranodon sibiricus'').
Formerly in this genus were:
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Wushan salamander (''Liua shihi'')
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Tsinpa salamander (''Liua tsinpaensis'')
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Yellow-spotted salamander
The yellow-spotted salamander (''Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus'') is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to China, where it is known from Nanchuan in Chongqing (formerly Sichuan), Suiyang in Guizhou, Lichuan in Hubei, a ...
(''Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus'')
Distribution
The Central Asian salamander is found in the
Dzungarian Alatau
The Dzungarian Alatau ( mn, Зүүнгарын Алатау, ''Züüngaryn Alatau''; ; kk, Жетісу Алатауы, ''Jetısu Alatauy''; russian: Джунгарский Алатау, ''Dzhungarskiy Alatau'') is a mountain range that lies on t ...
mountains on the border of
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
Kazakhstan.
Its natural habitat is temperate forest,
tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes, and springs. The species is threatened by
habitat loss.
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References
Monotypic amphibian genera
Taxa named by Karl Kessler
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