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Issue: Vol. 2149 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2149.1.3
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of hynobiid salamander (Urodela: Hynobiidae: Pseudohynobius) from Southwestern China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China Department of Biology and Engineering of Environment, Guiyang University, Guiyang 550005, Guizhou, China
Animal Science and Technology College, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China
Sichuan Normal University,Chengdu 610041, Sichuan ,China
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
Amphibia Hynobiidae new species Pseudohynobius jinfo long tail vomerine teeth

Abstract

A new species of hynobiid salamander, Pseudohynobius jinfo, is described from Mt. Jinfo, Nanchuan County, Chongqing Municipality, southwestern China. The new species is unique in having a longer tail than in the other species of the genus. Other diagnostic characters include 8–9 vomerine teeth on each side, which distinguishes the new species from P. flavomaculatus and P. kuankuoshuiensis, and the presence of small yellow dorsal spots, and the fore and hind limbs merely meeting when adpressed, which distinguish the new species from P. shuichengensis. A species identification key for the genus Pseudohynobius is also provided.

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