Echinotriton andersoni

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Echinotriton
Subgenus: Echinotriton (Echinotriton)
Species: Echinotriton andersoni
Name
[edit]Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892)
- Holotype: BMNH 1947.9.5.89.
- Type locality: “Okinawa, or Great Loo Choo Island”, Ryukyu Is., Japan.
Combinations
[edit]- Tylototriton Andersoni Boulenger, 1892: 304 [original combination]
- Echinotriton andersoni — Nussbaum & Brodie, 1982: 321 [subsequent combination]
- Tylototriton (Echinotriton) andersoni — Zhao & Hu, 1984: 16 [subsequent combination]
- Pleurodeles (Tylototrion) andersoni — Risch, 1985: 142 [subsequent combination]
- Pleurodeles (Echinotriton) andersoni — Dubois, 1987: 11 [subsequent combination]
- Echinotriton (Echinotriton) andersoni — Raffaëlli, 2022: 273 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago: Amami group (Amami-Oshima, Ukejima and Tokunoshima) and Okinawa group (Okinawajima, Sesokojima and Tokashikijima).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. 1892. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians from the Loo Choo Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6 10: 302–304. BHL
- Nussbaum, R.A. & Brodie, E.D. 1982. Partitioning of the salamandrid genus Tylototriton Anderson (Amphibia: Caudata) with a description of a new genus. Herpetologica 38: 320–332.
Links
[edit]- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2021. IUCN: Echinotriton andersoni (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T59446A63869090. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T59446A63869090.en. Accessed on 21 July 2025.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Anderson's Spiny Crocodile Newt
- 日本語: イボイモリ