Tylototriton broadoridgus

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) in the forest or in the small ditches under the bushes during the day. The habitat environment is humid, with an annual maximum temperature of 36℃ and a minimum temperature of 1℃. The newt is active at night and when it rains, and preys on small insects, mollusks, etc. From May to June, the adult newts gather in the slow flow of forest swamps and still water pits (ponds) to mate or lay eggs.

The beautiful newt has long been purchased for the Chinese medicine and pet markets, and its habitat has been affected by farming and hydropower projects, so its population has declined rapidly.

It is listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

Distributed in Yunnan (Jinping, Luchun) in China. Distributed in Vietnam abroad.
It lives in the rainforests in the mountain valleys at an altitude of 1450-1550m. The ecological environment is densely vegetated. During the day, adults hide in the still water pits (ponds) in the forest or in the small ditches under the bushes.

The head is flat and slightly thick, with a depression on the top and rough skin. There is a row of large warts on each side of the body, about 16 in total, which are not connected to each other. The ventral surface is covered with transverse constrictions, and there are warts on the ventral side of the body or they form a mass. The body and tail are brown or dark red, and the head bone ridges, auricular glands, dorsal ridges, sides of the body and limbs are bright yellow or orange.