Andrias cheni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Cryptobranchoidea

Familia: Cryptobranchidae
Genus: Andrias
Species: Andrias cheni

Name

Andrias cheni Xu et al., 2023

• Type locality: Qimen County, Huangshan City, Anhui, China。
• Holotype: HSA18037. Paratypes: HSA18038, HSA18040–HSA18043, HSA18046–HSA18050, ANU20230002–ANU20230011

References

Primary references

• Gong, Y-A., Xu, J-C., Huang, S., Huang, R-Y., Li, J-Q., Jiang, Y-Q., Yang, D-C., Yu, J., Zhang, Y. & Li, W-J. 2023. A New Species of the Giant Salamander of the Genus Andrias from Qimeng, Anhui, China (Amphibia:Cryptorchiidae). Chinese Journal of Zoology 58(5): 651–657. DOI: 10.13859/j.cjz.202305002

Additional references

• Frost, D. 2024. Andrias cheni Xu, Gong, Li, Jiang, Huang, and Huang, 2023. Amphibian Species of the world 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Online.

Vernacular names

• English: Qimen giant salamander
• 中文: 祁门大鲵