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Hynobius fucusLai and Lue, 2008

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Hynobius fucusLai and Lue, 2008 Life habits and morphological characteristics

The head is round and flat, the length of the head is longer than the width of the head; the snout is round, the nostrils are located between the snout and the eyes, and there are no lip folds; the trunk is cylindrical, and its length is about three times the length of the head; the base of the tail is thicker and tapers backward Tapered and flattened laterally. The back is dark brown with obvious white spots on it; the sides and ventral sides of the body are brown with light yellow patches.

Hynobius fucusLai and Lue, 2008 Distribution range and habitat

Endemic to China, distributed in Taiwan (Taoyuan, Taipei, Hsinchu).

Adult salamanders live in mountainous areas at an altitude of 1200-2100m, where the vegetation is a mixed forest of mangroves and conifers.

Hynobius fucusLai and Lue, 2008 Detailed Introduction

The Guanwu Small Salamander lives in mountainous areas at an altitude of 1200-2100m, where the vegetation is a mixed forest of mangroves and conifers. Adult salamanders live under dark and damp stones or rotten leaves. Their population is rare and difficult to find. The breeding season is mainly in late winter and early spring. They lay 4 to 15 eggs in flowing waters and have egg-guarding behavior. The adults leave after the larvae hatch from the egg sac.


Endemic to China. The population of this salamander seen in its habitat is very small.


Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

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