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Guabang Shan salamander

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Caudata

Genus
  
Hynobius

Higher classification
  
Hynobius

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hynobiidae

Scientific name
  
Hynobius guabangshanensis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Hynobius, Asiatic salamander, Salamander, Amphibians, Kori salamander

The Guabang Shan salamander, Hynobius guabangshanensis, is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family, endemic to China, as it is only known from the locality from where it was described as a new species to science in 2004, at Guabang Shan Tree Farm in Qiyang County of Hunan Province. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

H. guabangshanensis resembles H. amjiensis but is smaller, up to 151 mm in total length and 88 mm in snout-vent length for an adult male.

H. guabangshanensis is potentially threatened by habitat loss, though IUCN considers it as Data Deficient.

References

Guabang Shan salamander Wikipedia