Caudata

Ichthyophis bannanicus,Banna fish newt, taro snake, two-headed snake

Features：The Xishuangbanna fish salamander is an ancient creature that has lived on Earth for at least hundreds of millions of years.

The Latin name of the Bannan ichthyophis is Ichthyophis bannanicus. It is a legless amphibian of the family Ichthyophidae and the genus Ichthyophis, with no subspecies.It was unclear whether there were ichthyophis in China for quite some time. In 1922, Mell, R. first reported that Ichthyophis glutin...

Paramesotriton caudopunctatus,Spot-tailed Warty Newt

Features：The whole body is covered with small moles, the head, trunk and backs of the limbs are khaki, and the rest of the body is olive green.

The tailed newt is a tailed amphibian belonging to the Salamandridae family and the genus Salamander. It lives in backwaters, small streams and large rivers at an altitude of 800 to 1,800 meters. It is sometimes also found in quiet waters beside streams. The tailed newt, which is produced in Yuelian...

Echinotriton andersoni,Anderson’s Salamander

Features：The head is large and flat, almost diamond-shaped, with a flat trunk and a tail shorter than the head and body.

Ryukyu Acanthus is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and the genus Acanthus. It lives in mountain forests at an altitude of 100 to 200 meters, and is concentrated near cultivated areas. It usually lives under rocks in the shade and wet areas of mountain forests. In the non-breeding season, ad...

Echinotriton chinhaiensis,Zhenhai warty newt

Features：The back and sides of the body are black with a waxy sheen, the abdomen is vermilion with irregular black spots, the head is large, and the limbs are slender.

Zhenhai Acanthus is an amphibian of the genus Acanthus of the family Salamandridae. It is endemic to China and has no subspecies. It lives in hilly areas at an altitude of 100-200 meters and lives by streams all year round. The environment where it lives is densely vegetated, with many permanent pon...

Yaotriton dabienicus

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Dabie Yaozhi is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and genus Yaozhi. It lives in mountainous areas with a moist environment, abundant water resources and lush vegetation at an altitude of 698-767m. Adults are mainly terrestrial, and lay eggs on land near ponds in April and May. The eggs are si...

Yaotriton broadoridgus

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The broad-spine newt is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and the genus Salamandridae. It lives in mountainous areas with lush forests at an altitude of 1000-1600m. Adult borers are mainly terrestrial. They reproduce in early May and lay eggs under dead leaves beside still ponds. Generally, m...

Yaotriton asperrinus

Features：The dorsal surface of the body and tail is dark brown, with only the fingers, toes, anus and lower edge of the tail being orange-red; the ventral surface of the body is dark gray.

The fine-spotted newt is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and genus Salamandridae. It lives in and around the mountains at an altitude of 1320-1400m. Adult newts live on land. During the non-breeding season, they live in moist rotten leaves near still ponds or in earthen holes under tree roo...

Yaotriton anhuiensis

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Anhui Yaozhi is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and genus Yaozhi. It lives in subtropical mountain forests at an altitude of 1000–1200m, and is often seen in bamboo forests or under dry branches and leaves. Adults live more on land during the non-breeding season, and are often seen in smal...

Tylototriton yangi

Features：The body color is bright orange-red, the head and other parts are black or brown-black, and there are orange-yellow-red markings on the chest and back of the abdomen.

The Yunnan warty newt is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and genus Warty Newt. It lives in densely vegetated hilly areas at an altitude of about 1,200m, and its habitat is mostly near farmland. Adult newts hide in mud holes under still water pits or earth walls and bushes during the day; th...

Tylototriton verrucosus，Himalayan salamander

Features：The head is approximately triangular and the entire body is uniform brown-black.

The brown-black warty newt is an amphibian of the family Salamandridae and genus Warty Newt. It is similar to the red warty newt, but the back of the body and tail of this species is uniformly brown-black, or only the head, side scrotum, tail, and limbs are more or less dark orange-red or dark orang...

Tylototriton verrucoosus Anderson, fine warty newt, golden unicorn newt, red gecko, water gecko, baby snake

Features：The spine is significantly raised, and there is a row of 14 to 16 spherical scrofula on each side of the body. The body color is brown-red or brown-yellow.

Red warty newt is a tailed amphibian of the family Salamandridae and the genus Warty Newt. It lives in mountainous areas with lush forests, overgrown weeds and near rice fields at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,400 meters. Adult newts live on land. In the non-breeding season, they often live under grass...

Tylototriton broadoridgus

Features：The body is stout, with a brown or dark red base color, and the warts on the sides of the body and the limbs are bright yellow or orange.

The beautiful newt is a tailed amphibian of the Salamandridae family and the genus Salamandridae. It lives in the rainforests in the valleys between mountains at an altitude of 1450-1550m. The vegetation in the ecological environment is dense, and the adult newts hide in the still water pits (ponds)...

Tylototriton pseudoverrucosus

Features：The body is slender, with large scrofula on the sides of the body, and the ventral surface of the head, body and limbs is brown-red or brown-black or has brown-black or brown-red markings on it.

The southern Sichuan newt is a tailed amphibian of the Salamandridae family and the genus Salamandridae. It lives in mountainous areas at an altitude of 2300-2800m and inhabits secondary forest belts. Adult newts often move in still water areas and wetlands, preying on small aquatic insects and moll...

Tylototriton kweichowensis,Miaopo snake, Tuha scale, painted stone

Features：The body shape and body color are similar to those of the fine-spotted newt, but the dorsal ridge and the warts on the sides of the body are red, and there are also continuous red longitudinal lines on the sides of the body.

Guizhou wart newt is a tailed amphibian of the family Salamandridae and the genus Wart Newt. It lives in small water pits, slow-flowing streams, small ponds and their vicinity in mountainous areas at an altitude of 1800 to 2300 meters, surrounded by weeds or dwarf shrubs, silt or gravel and fine san...

Liangshantriton taliangensis,Taliang Knobby Newt,Tylototriton taliangensis,Daliang warty newt

Features：The trunk is stout, the tail is long and narrow, the skin is very rough and covered with warts, and the body and tail are brown-black or black.

The big newt is a tailed amphibian of the family Salamandridae and the genus Salamandridae. It lives in mountain depressions with dense vegetation and humid environment at an altitude of 1390-3000 meters. It mainly lives in water bodies with a water depth of 54.59-60.93 cm, pH 5.16-7.18, water tempe...

Cynops orphicus,Shantou Salamander

Features：There is an irregular longitudinal orange-red stripe in the middle of the ventral surface of the body.

The Chaoshan salamander is a tailed amphibian of the family Salamandridae and the genus Salamandridae. It lives in mountainous areas with an altitude of 640 to 1,600 meters. During the breeding season, adult salamanders are mostly active in still ponds and swamps, often living in ponds with a depth...

Andrias davidianus,Chinese Giant Salamander,Andrias scheuchzeri davidianus、Megalobatrachus davidianus、Sieboldia davidi,Giant salamander, mermaid, baby fish, foot fish, crying fish, wax dog

Features：The body is large and flat, the head is large, flat and broad, and there are irregular black or dark brown markings on the dorsal and ventral surfaces, and some have unclear markings.

The giant salamander is an ancient amphibian that evolved from aquatic fish in the Devonian period of the Paleozoic Era 360 million years ago. It usually lives in caves and stone caves in deep pools of streams and rivers below 1,000 meters above sea level. It is more common in caves above and below...

Hynobius yiwuensis

Features：The morphology is similar to that of the Chinese salamander, with the ventral surface of the body being grayish white without any spots.

Yiwu small salamander lives in hilly and mountainous areas with an altitude of 100 to 200 meters. Except for the breeding season, it lives on land and is often found under loose and moist soil, stones or rotten branches and leaves. Its traces are rarely found on the ground, except after heavy rain i...

Hynobius sonani,Chunan's Salamander

Features：The base color of the back is light brown, yellowish brown or pinkish brown, with irregular dark brown spots scattered on it, and dense spots in the middle of the body.

Chunan Hynobius is a tailed amphibian belonging to the Hynobiidae family and the genus Hynobius. It lives in high and cold mountainous areas at an altitude of 2750 to 3500 meters. It often lives under stones in dense forests and overgrown weeds or under stones beside mountain streams. Its habitat is...

Hynobius leechii,Northeastern China Salamander,Water snake, baby salamander, water snake, mullet

Features：The head is flat and oval, the tail is flattened laterally, the eyes are large but not very protruding, and the back of the body is dark gray or gray-brown.

The Northeast Hypsilophis davidianus lives on land during the non-breeding season, hiding during the day and coming out at night, and also going out on rainy days. It often moves and forages in the dead branches and leaves, under rocks, fallen trees or in the grass on the hillsides on both sides of...

Hynobius nanhuensis

Features：The back is light yellowish brown with irregular but evenly distributed short black-brown stripes.

Nanhu Hypsilophis lives in high-altitude mountainous areas with harsh environments. The population is very small and it is endemic to China.It is listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China"....