Tylototriton koliaensis Poyarkov, Nguyen, Le, Le, Arkhipov, Gorin, Hernandez, and Dufresnes, 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Salamandridae > Subfamily: Pleurodelinae > Genus: Tylototriton > Species: Tylototriton koliaensis

Tylototriton (Yaotriton) koliaensis Poyarkov, Nguyen, Le, Le, Arkhipov, Gorin, Hernandez, and Dufresnes, 2024, Alytes, 41: 75. Holotype: ZMMU A-8157, by original designation. Type locality: "Kolia Organic Farm within the Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Thanh Cong Commune, Nguyen Binh District, Cao Bang Province, Vietnam (22.562423°N, 105.862566°E; 1025 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank Publicaton registration: 983AB200-7C21-4F5C-B80A-566BBD820A8C

Common Names

Cao Bang Crocodile Newt (English: original publication).

Cá cóc Cao Bằng (Vietnamese: original publication),

Kaobangskiy krokodilovyi triton (Russian: original publication).

Tylototriton de Cao Bang (French: original publication). 

Distribution

Northeastern parts of the Viet Bac Massif (Ngan Son Mountain Range), Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, ca. 1000 to 1400 m elevation; possibly extends into adjacent Jingxi County, Guangxi Province, China.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Likely/Controversially Present: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

In the Tylototriton asperrimus species group, the sister taxon of Tylototriton ziegleri according to the original publication, where molecular (mtDNA) markers and comparative morphology were detailed. Previously noted as an unnamed species by Liu, Hou, and Rao, 2022, Biodiversity Data J., 10 (e82707): 5, and Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 286. 

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