Tylototriton wufengensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

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: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Tylototriton
Subgenus: Tylototriton (Yaotriton)
Species: Tylototriton wufengensis

Name

Tylototriton wufengensis Li, Shi, Liu, Luo, Wang, Liao, Wang, Gong, Wu & Wang, 2026: 190

• Holotype: CIB WF20240502001, adult ♂, collected by Shize Li on 2 May 2024.
• Type locality: “Wufeng County (30.187°N, 110.931°E; elevation 1045 m a.s.l.), Hubei Province, China”.

References

Primary references

• Li, S.-Z., Shi, S.-C., Liu, J., Luo, Z.-H., Wang, J.-J., Liao, L.-H., Wang, Y.-Q., Gong, R.-H., Wu, J. & Wang, B. 2026. Description of a new species of the Asian newt genus Tylototriton Anderson, 1871 (Urodela, Salamandridae) from central China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(1): 181–197. DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.173283 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Wufeng Knobby Newt