Tylototriton asperrimus

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: Tylototriton
Subgenus: Tylototriton (Yaotriton)
Species: Tylototriton asperrimus

Name

Tylototriton asperrimus Unterstein, 1930

Type locality: "Yao Shan [= Mt. Yao], Kwangsi Prov. [= Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region], China"

Holotype: ZMB 34089.

Synonyms

• Tylototriton asperrimus Unterstein, 1930
• Tylototriton (Echinotriton) asperrimus — Zhao & Hu, 1984
• Tylototriton asperrimus asperrimus — Fei, Ye & Yang, 1984
• Pleurodeles (Tylototrion) asperrimus asperrimus — Risch, 1985
• Pleurodeles (Echinotriton) asperrimus — Dubois, 1987
• Echinotriton asperrimus — Zhao, 1990
• Echinotriton asperrimus asperrimus — Zhao & Adler, 1993
• Tylototriton asperrimus — Nussbaum, Brodie & Yang, 1995

References

• Unterstein, 1930, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1930: 314.
• Nussbaum, Brodie, and Yang, 1995, Herpetologica, 51: 265.
• 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. Tylototriton asperrimus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Tylototriton asperrimus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Tylototriton asperrimus  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sandpaper Crocodile Newt