''Tylototriton'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

newt A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aqua ...

s known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

through

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

to northern

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

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, and southern

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Species

38 species recognized as of July 2023: *''

Tylototriton anguliceps The angular-headed newt (''Tylototriton anguliceps''), also known as angular-headed crocodile newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae from Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Its unique orange markings help to distinguish it from ot ...

'' Le, Nguyen, Nishikawa, Nguyen, Pham, Matsui, Bernardes, and Nguyen, 2015 *''

Tylototriton anhuiensis ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Qian, Sun, Li, Guo, Pan, Kang, Wang, Jiang, Wu, and Zhang, 2017 *'' Tylototriton asperrimus'' Unterstein, 1930 *'' Tylototriton broadoridgus'' Shen, Jiang, and Mo, 2012 *'' Tylototriton dabienicus'' Chen, Wang, and Tao, 2010 *''

Tylototriton daloushanensis ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Zhou, Xiao, and Luo, 2022 * Huang, Xiang, Wu, Zhang, Zhang, Wang, Lan, Huang, Jiang, and Jiang, 2024 *'' Tylototriton hainanensis'' Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984 *''

Tylototriton himalayanus ''Tylototriton himalayanus'' is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is known from the Ilam District in eastern Nepal (its type locality from where it was described in 2015), Darjeeling in northwestern India, and western Bhut ...

'' Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel, and Jiang, 2015 *''

Tylototriton kachinorum ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Zaw, Lay, Pawangkhanant, Gorin, and Poyarkov, 2019 *'' Tylototriton kweichowensis'' Fang and Chang, 1932 *''

Tylototriton liuyangensis ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Yang, Jiang, Shen, and Fei, 2014 *''

Tylototriton lizhengchangi ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Hou, Zhang, Jiang, Li and Lu, 2012 *''

Tylototriton maolanensis ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Li, Wei, Cheng, Zhang, and Wang, 2020 *'' Tylototriton ngarsuensis'' Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza, Grismer, Murdoch, and Lin, 2018 *'' Tylototriton ngoclinhensis'' Phung, Pham, Nguyen, Ninh, Nguyen, Bernardes, Le, Ziegler & Nguyen, 2023 *'' Tylototriton notialis'' Stuart, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, and Robichaud, 2010 *'' Tylototriton panhai'' Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui, 2013 *''

Tylototriton panwaensis ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza, and Murdoch, 2019 *''

Tylototriton pasmansi ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Burma to northern Thaila ...

'' Bernardes, Le, Nguyen, Pham, Pham, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2020 *''

Tylototriton phukhaensis ''Tylototriton'' is a genus of newts known as crocodile newts or knobby newts. About 38 known species are in this genus. Many species have been described just recently. They range from northeastern India and Nepal through Myanmar, Burma to northe ...

'' Pomchote, Khonsue, Thammachoti, Hernandez, Peerachidacho, Suwannapoom, Onishi, and Nishikawa, 2020 *'' Tylototriton podichthys'' Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart, 2015 *'' Tylototriton pseudoverrucosus'' Hou, Gu, Zhang, Zeng, and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton pulcherrimus'' Hou, Zhang, Li, and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton shanjing'' Nussbaum, Brodie, and Yang, 1995 *'' Tylototriton shanorum'' Nishikawa, Matsui, and Rao, 2014 *'' Tylototriton sini'' Lyu, Wang, Zeng, Zhou, Qi, Wan, and Wang, 2021 *'' Tylototriton sparreboomi'' Bernardes, Le, Nguyen, Pham, Pham, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2020 *'' Tylototriton taliangensis'' Liu, 1950 *'' Tylototriton thaiorum'' Poyarkov, Nguyen, and Arkhipov, 2021 *'' Tylototriton tongziensis'' Li, Liu, Shi, Wei, and Wang, 2022 *'' Tylototriton umphangensis'' Pomchote, Peerachidacho, Hernandez, Sapewisut, Khonsue, Thammachoti, and Nishikawa, 2021 *'' Tylototriton uyenoi'' Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui, 2013 *''

Tylototriton verrucosus ''Tylototriton verrucosus'' is a species of newt found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Common names include: Himalayan newt, crocodile newt, crocodile salamander, Himalayan salamander, red knobby newt. Description This newt can ...

'' Anderson, 1871 *'' Tylototriton vietnamensis'' Böhme, Schöttler, Nguyen, and Köhler, 2005 *'' Tylototriton wenxianensis'' Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984 *'' Tylototriton yangi'' Hou, Zhang, Zhou, Li, and Lu, 2012 *'' Tylototriton zaimeng'' Decemson, Lalremsanga, Elangbam, Vabeiryureilai, Shinde, Purkayastha, Arkhipov, Bragin & Poyarkov, 2023 *'' Tylototriton ziegleri'' Nishikawa, Matsui, and Nguyen, 2013 File:Emperor newt yunnan china.jpg, '' Tylototriton shanjing'' File:Krokodilmolch-01.jpg, ''

'' File:Tylototriton ziegleri Male1.jpg, '' Tylototriton ziegleri'' File:Tylototriton umphangensis.jpg, '' Tylototriton umphangensis''

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny of ''Tylototriton'' is from Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao (2014).Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao, 2014 : ''A new species of Tylototriton (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae) from central Myanmar.'' Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, , no. 1, .

References

External links

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