Echinotriton maxiquadratus Hou, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Yuan, and Li, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Salamandridae > Subfamily: Pleurodelinae > Genus: Echinotriton > Species: Echinotriton maxiquadratus

Echinotriton maxiquadratus Hou, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Yuan, and Li, 2014, Zootaxa, 3895: 96. Holotype: SY20131101ENT, by original designation. Type locality: "under rocks on a mountain in southern China 

English Names

Mountain Spiny Newt (original publication). 

Mountain Spiny Crocodile Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 278).

Distribution

Not stated beyond "a mountain in southern China" in an attempt to forestall the extinction of the population due to commercial collecting. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The sister taxon of Echinotriton chinhaiensis according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 273–274, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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