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Jinfo Mountain salamander

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Amphibia

Family
  
Hynobiidae

Scientific name
  
Pseudohynobius jinfo

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Caudata

Genus
  
Pseudohynobius

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Pseudohynobius, Tsinpa salamander, Kori salamander

The Jinfo Mountain salamander (Pseudohynobius jinfo) is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family endemic to China, known only from Nanchuan District in Chongqing (formerly Sichuan). Its type locality is a spring-fed pond on Mount Jinfo. P. jinfo specimens from Nanchuan were first assumed to be yellow-spotted salamanders (P. flavomaculatus), but genetic methods, and later on, discovery of adult salamanders, allowed them to be identified as a new species.

References

Jinfo Mountain salamander Wikipedia