Hypselotriton jiaoren (Lyu, Qi, and Wang, 2023)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Salamandridae > Subfamily: Pleurodelinae > Genus: Hypselotriton > Species: Hypselotriton jiaoren

Cynops jiaoren Lyu, Qi, and Wang in Lyu, Qi, Zhang, Dai, and Wang, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 46. Holotype: SYS a008791, by original designation. Type locality: "Bainiaotang (24.4302°N, 113.1382°E; ca 960 m a.s.l.), Shimentai Nature Reserve, Yingde City, Qingyuan City, Guangdong, China."

Hypselotriton (Hakkatriton) jiaoren — Wang, Zeng, Wei, and Lyu, 2024, Zoosyst. Evol., 100: 1126. 

Common Names

Beijiang Fire-bellied Newt (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Shimentai Nature Reserve in well-preserved montane evergreen broad-leaf forest, northern Guangdong, China, 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The sister taxon of Cynops glaucus, according to the original publication, where molecular markers (ND2 gene) and comparative morphology and morphometrics were provided. 

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