Tylototriton kachinorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Tylototriton
Subgenus: Tylototriton (Tylototriton)
Species: Tylototriton kachinorum

Name

Tylototriton kachinorum Zaw, Lay, Pawangkhanant, Gorin & Poyarkov, 2019: 161

• Holotype: ZMMU A5953 (field number NAP-08318), adult ♂, collected by Than Zaw, Paw Lay, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Vladislav A. Gorin, and Nikolay A. Poyarkov on 18 July 2018.
• Type locality: “from a swamp in a forest clearing surrounded by montane evergreen tropical forest, Ingyin Taung Mountain, Indawgyi Lake area, Mohnyin Township, Kachin State, Myanmar (approximate coordinates N25.09°, E96.28°; elevation 1 000 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Zaw, T., Lay, P., Pawangkhanant, P., Gorin, V.A. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2019. A new species of Crocodile Newt, genus Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the mountains of Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Zoological Research 40(3): 151–174. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.043 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kachin Crocodile Newt