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Tylototriton phukhaensis Pomchote, Khonsue, Thammachoti, Hernandez, Peerachidacho, Suwannapoom, Onishi, and Nishikawa, 2020
Tylototriton phukhaensis Pomchote, Khonsue, Thammachoti, Hernandez, Peerachidacho, Suwannapoom, Onishi, and Nishikawa, 2020, Tropical Nat. Hist., Thailand, 20: 154. Holotype: CUMZ-A-7719, by original designation. Type locality: "Doi Dong Ya Wai Mountain, DPKNP [= Doi Phu Kha National Park], Nan Province, Thailand (approximate coordinate 19˚ 11' N, 101˚ 6' E; 1,795 m amsl)".
Tylototriton (Tylototriton) phukhaensis — Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 66.
English Names
Doi Phu Kha Newt (original publication).
Doi Phu Kha Crocodile Newt (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 66).
Doi Phukha Crocodile Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 314).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (a temporary swamp in the Doi Dong Ya Wai Mountain, Doi Phu Kha National Park, Nan Province, northern Thailand at an elevation of 1795 m).
Comment
Most closely related to Tylototriton anguliceps and Tylototriton uyenoi, and previously confused with Tylototriton verrucosus, according to the original publication. Makchai, Chuaynkern, Safoowong, Chuachat, and Cota, 2020, Amph. N. Thailand: 187, provided photographs, a brief account for Thailand, and a range map. 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: 314–315, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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