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Tylototriton anguliceps Le, Nguyen, Nishikawa, Nguyen, Pham, Matsui, Bernardes, and Nguyen, 2015
Tylototriton anguliceps Le, Nguyen, Nishikawa, Nguyen, Pham, Matsui, Bernardes, and Nguyen, 2015, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 34: 45. Holotype: HNUE A.I.1.109, by original designation. Type locality: "Muong Nhe Nature Reserve, Muong Nhe District, Dien Bien Province, Vietnam (22° 18.580′ N, 102° 11.026′ E, elevation 1704 m asl)".
Tylototriton (Tylototriton) anguliceps — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 312.
English Names
Angular-headed Newt (original publication).
Angular-headed Corcodile [sic] Newt (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 66).
Muong Nhe Crocodile Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 312).
Distribution
Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Nan provinces, Thailand; Phou Ya Kaho, Viengphoukha District, Luang Namtha Province, Laos; and Muong Nhe, Dien Bien Province, and Thuan Chau, Son La Province, northern Vietnam; presumably in adjacent southwestern Yunnan, China, and eastern most Myanmar.
Comment
Nested within the clade comprised of Tylototriton uyenoi, Tylototriton shanjing, Tylototriton verrucosus, and Tylototriton yangi, according to the original publication. See brief account by Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart, 2015, Zootaxa, 4006: 297–299, who provided the Laos locality. Hernandez, Escoriza, Pomchote, and Hou, 2019, Herpetol. Bull., London, 147: 15–18, provided a record from Chiang Mai province, Thailand, and discussed the habitat and range. Niyomwan, Srisom, and Pawangkhanant, 2019, Field Guide Amph. Thailand: 92–93, provided a brief account (photograph, habitat, and range) for Thailand (in Thai). Bernardes, Le, Nguyen, Pham, Pham, Nguyen, Rödder, Bonkowski, and Ziegler, 2020, ZooKeys, 935: 121–164, provided a range map. Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 185, provided photographs, a brief account for Thailand, and a range map. Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 185, provided photographs, a brief account for Thailand, and a range map. Hernandez and Pomchote, 2020, Herpetol. Notes, 13: 993–996, reported the species from Khun Chae National Park, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, and discussed the range in Thailand. In the Tylototriton (Tylototriton) verrucosus species group of Poyarkov, Nguyen, and Arkhipov, 2021, Taprobanica, 10: 4–22, who discussed phylogenetics. In the Tylototriton verrucosus group of Lyu, Wang, Zeng, Zhou, Qi, Wan, Li, and Wang, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 697–710, who discussed phylogenetics. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 312–313, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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