Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Tylototriton hainanensis Fei, Ye, and Yang, 1984, Acta Zool. Sinica, 30: 85-89. Holotype: CIB 64III1379, by original designation. Type locality: "Nalong, Wuzhi Shan, alt. 770 m", Hainan, China.

Pleurodeles (Tylototrion) hainanensis — Risch, 1985, J. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc., N.S.,, 4: 142.

Pleurodeles (Echinotriton) hainanensis — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 11.

Tylototriton (Yaotriton) hainanensis — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 68.

English Names

Hainan Knobby Newt (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 40).

Distribution

Wuzhishan, Diaoluoshan, and Jianfengling, Hainan Island, China, 770-950 m elevation.

Comment

See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China 74, and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 40. Synonymy with Tylototrion asperrimus by Zhao, Hu, Jiang, and Yang, 1988, Studies on Chinese Salamanders: 63; this rejected by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China 74. In the Tylototriton asperrimus group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 42 (although they only addressed Chinese species). See comment under Tylototriton asperrimus. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2006, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 1: 261-265, provided an account. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 148, provided a brief account and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 607. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 76, provided a brief account including photographs. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 36-38, provided an account.

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