Yellow-spotted Salamander
Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Amphibians
The yellow-spotted salamander is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to China, where it is known from Nanchuan in Chongqing, Suiyang in Guizhou, Lichuan in Hubei, and Sangzhi in Hunan Province. However, genetic methods have revealed cryptic species within the Liua–Pseudohynobius complex, and the actual distribution of the yellow-spotted salamander is turning out to be different. Only animals from Lichuan in Hubei and Sangzhi have been positively identified as being yellow-spotted salamanders, whereas animals collected from Nanchuan were described as a new species, P. jinfo, by Wei et al. in 2009.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Hynobiidae
- Genus
- Pseudohynobius