Xingan salamander
Species of amphibian
Xingan salamander | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Hynobiidae |
Genus: | Hynobius |
Species: | H. maoershanensis |
Binomial name | |
Hynobius maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang & Jiang, 2006 |
The Xingan salamander (Hynobius maoershanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to China: it is only known from its type locality, Mao'ershan (Mount Mao'er) in the Xing'an County, Guangxi.[2] Its natural habitats are marshes and the surrounding forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and, living close to the summit of Mao'ershan at around 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl, by climate change. It occurs within the Mao'ershan National Nature Reserve.[1]
References
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Hynobius maoershanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135908A63849673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T135908A63849673.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hynobius maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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Salamanders in the Hynobius genus
- Hynobius abei
- Hynobius amjiensis
- Hynobius arisanensis
- Hynobius boulengeri
- Hynobius chinensis
- Hynobius dunni
- Hynobius formosanus
- Hynobius fuca
- Hynobius hidamontanus
- Hynobius katoi
- Hynobius kimurae
- Hynobius leechii
- Hynobius lichenatus
- Hynobius maoershanensis
- Hynobius naevius
- Hynobius nebulosus
- Hynobius nigrescens
- Hynobius okiensis
- Hynobius quelpaertensis
- Hynobius retardatus
- Hynobius sonani
- Hynobius stejnegeri
- Hynobius takedai
- Hynobius tokyoensis
- Hynobius tsuensis
- Hynobius turkestanicus
- Hynobius yangi
- Hynobius yiwuensis
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