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Echinotriton Nussbaum and Brodie, 1982
Echinotriton Nussbaum and Brodie, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 321. Type species: Tylototriton andersoni Boulenger, 1892, by original designation.
Sinotriton Hernandez and Dufresnes in Dufresnes and Hernandez, 2022, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 197: 633. Type genus: Tylototriton chinhaiensis Chang, 1932. Coined as a subgenus of Echinotriton. Zoobank publication registration: A09E3E61-12DE-43F6-A427-922EE0381F58
Common Names
Mountain Newts (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 35).
Distribution
Eastern China and southern Japan.
Comment
Zhao and Hu, 1984, Stud. Chinese Tailed Amph.ezembed: 14-21, discussed phylogeny and considered Echinotriton to be a subgenus of Tylototriton. Subsequently, Zhao, 1990, in Zhao (ed.), From Water onto Land: 217-220, considered Echinotriton to be generically distinct. See comment under Tylototriton asperrimus. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 231-239, provided accounts. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 127, provided brief accounts, figures, and maps. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 199–206, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species. Fei and Ye, 2016, Amph. China, 1: 309–316, provideded accounts for the species found in China. Hernandez, 2016, Crocodile Newts, summarized the biology of the species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 273–279, provided species accounts, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Dufresnes and Hernandez, 2022, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 197: 620–640, provided a densely-sampled molecular (mtDNA) tree of the species of Tylototriton and Echinotriton, revised the subgeneric taxonomy, and discussed the biogeography and evolution of life histories within this group. Bernardes and van Schingen-Khan, 2024, Tech. Rep.: 1–66, provided identification keys to the species.
Contained taxa (4 sp.):
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