Tylototriton ngarsuensis

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
Species: Tylototriton ngarsuensis

Name

Tylototriton ngarsuensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza, Grismer, Murdoch, & Lin, 2018: 562

Holotype: LSUHC 13762, adult ♀, collected by Evan S. H. Quah, Robert E. Espinoza, Myint Kwaw Thura, and L. Lee Grismer on 24 October 2017.

Type locality: “Baw Hto Chang in Ngar Su Village, Ywangan Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar (21.15364° N, 96.43660°E WGS84) at 1212 m in elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thura, M.K., Espinoza, R.E., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L. & Lin, A. 2018. A new species of Crocodile Newt Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa 4500(4): 553–573. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.5 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Ywangan Crocodile Newt