''Liua tsinpaensis'', the Tsinpa salamander, is a
species of
salamander in the family
Hynobiidae. It is synonymous with ''Ranodon tsinpaensis'' and is
endemic to
China
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. It occurs in southern
Shaanxi (
Zhouzhi County and
Ningshan County) and in
Wanyuan, northeastern
Sichuan. Its natural
habitats are
subtropical
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...
or tropical moist
montane forests and
rivers. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
Description
''Liua tsinpaensis'' has a round and flat head, which is equal in length and width and has no labial fold. This salamander reaches total lengths between 12.5 and 13.6 cm.
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References
Asiatic salamanders
Amphibians described in 1966
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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