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Pseudohynobius shuichengensis Tian, Li, and Gu, 1998

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Hynobiidae > Genus: Pseudohynobius

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Pseudohynobius shuichengensis Tian, Li, and Gu, 1998, J. Liupanshiu Teacher's Coll., 1998: 9-13. Holotype: LTHC 9460084, by original designation. Type locality: Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province with an elevation of 1910 to 1970 meters.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the region of the type locality (Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, China).

Comment

Redescribed and discussed by Tian, Li, and Gu, 2006, Acta Zool. Sinica, 52: 522-527 (who chose another specimen, Liupanshui Teacher's College 9460080, as holotype), who also noted the similarity of this species to Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 63-64, provided a brief account. Dubois, Crombie, and Glaw, 2005, Alytes, 23: 48, noted variant spellings in the original publication as as first revisors chose shuichengensis is the correct spelling. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1611-1616, provided an account , figures, and range map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 54-55, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.

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