Echinotriton chinhaiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Echinotriton
Species: Echinotriton chinhaiensis

Name

Echinotriton chinhaiensis (Chang, 1932)

Type locality: "Chenwuan, Chinhai..., about 20 miles southeast to Ningpo, Chekiang [=Zhejiang]", China.

Neotype: ZMNH 780381.

Synonyms

• Tylototriton chinhaiensis Chang, 1932
• Echinotriton chinhaiensis — Nussbaum & Brodie, 1982
• Tylototriton (Echinotriton) chinhaiensis — Zhao & Hu, 1984
• Echinotriton chinhaiensis — Cai & Fei, 1984
• Pleurodeles (Tylototrion) chinhaiensis — Risch, 1985
• Pleurodeles (Echinotriton) chinhaiensis — Dubois, 1987

References

• Chang, 1932, Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc., China, Zool. Ser., 8: 201.
• Nussbaum and Brodie, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 322.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Echinotriton chinhaiensis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Echinotriton chinhaiensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Echinotriton chinhaiensis  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 8 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Chinhai Crocodile Newt
日本語: チンハイイボイモリ
中文: 镇海棘螈