Andrias yaoluopingensis

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 yaoluopingensis

Name

Andrias yaoluopingensis Jiang, Huang, Zhao & Huang in Jiang et al., 2026: 652

• Holotype: AHNU HSA25201, adult ♂, collected by Kai Zhao on 20 September 2017.
• Type locality: “Macao River, Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve (31.00°N, 116.08°E; elevation 948 m), Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China”.

References

Primary references

• Jiang, Z.-H., Huang, R., Yang, J.-J., Zhao, K., Zhang, Y.-Z., Zhang, T.-R., Zhang, Y.-C., Chu, J., Chen, J.-M. & Huang, S. 2026. A new species of the Giant Salamander genus Andrias (Amphibia, Urodela, Cryptobranchidae) from Yuexi, Anhui, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2): 649–658. DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.179377 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Yaoluoping Giant Salamander