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.
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