Liaoning clawed salamander is endemic to China. It is found in densely vegetated mountainous areas at an altitude of about 600m. It often lives near the source of streams or springs with cool water and many stones. It comes out of hibernation in early April and lives on land, but not far from the wa...
Puxiong Prosaurus is a tailed amphibian of the family Hynantheidae and genus Prosaurus. In 1965, scholars from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collected specimen No. 1 of Prosaurus in an abandoned cellar for storing potatoes beside a stream at an altitude of 2,900 mete...
The Maoershan Small Salamander lives in the swamps and surrounding areas of the mountainous areas with an altitude of 1978 to 2015 meters. The vegetation nearby is mainly southern hemlock and mountaintop dwarf forests. It likes to eat a lot of small invertebrate aquatic organisms, such as earthworms...
The Guabangshan Small Salamander lives in Guabangshan in Qiyang, Hunan. The highest peak of the mountain is 788 meters above sea level. Below 400 meters above sea level is the rice field area, and a few rice fields can reach about 600 meters. The salamander mainly lives in small mountain ponds, swam...
The Chinese salamander (scientific name: Hynobius chinensis) is an animal of the Hynobiidae family and the genus Hynobius. It is an ancient species dating back 300 million years and developed in the same era as dinosaurs. In 1889, a foreigner named Günther first discovered it in Xuanchang, Hubei, a...
Anji Hynobius amjiensis is an amphibian of the Hynobiidae family and Hynobius genus, and is endemic to China.Anji Hynobius amjiensis has very strict requirements for habitat and water. This species lives in the humus layer under the peat moss in the swamp and enters the puddle during the spawning se...
The Chinese newt lives in slow-flowing mountain streams or wet grass and gravel bottoms covered with rotten leaves beside the stream. Sometimes it swims to the surface to breathe air, and often lands in the grass in rainy weather. It mainly preys on small animals such as water earthworms, click beet...
Habitat: This species inhabits small and medium-sized streams in low-altitude mountainous areas and evergreen forests. It can also be found in small ponds and artificial pools. The water temperature in winter and early spring is basically stable at around 11 degrees Celsius.Habits: This species is m...
Habitat: This newt lives in streams in broad-leaved forest mountain areas at an altitude of 400-500 meters.Habits: Adult newts mostly live in places with gentle water flow, often under rocks in the stream, and sometimes on the shore. This newt lives in the Xilin Mountain in Fuchuan County, Guangxi,...
The Guangxi scrofula lives in mountain streams with a relatively gentle flow at an altitude of 470 to 500 meters. The stream water is clear, the bottom of the water is mostly stones and mud, and the shrubs and weeds on both sides are dense. During the day, it often hides under the rocks at the botto...
This newt lives in mountain streams at an altitude of 120-850m, where the water flows slowly. During the day, adult newts hide under rocks in deep pools in the streams, often swim to the surface to breathe air, and often go ashore after heavy rains, moving slowly; they go out at night and prey on sm...
Spotless newt During the day, adult newts were found hiding under the rocks at the bottom of the water. There were small fish, aquatic invertebrates and other small animals among the rocks in the stream. This newt is in the same stream section as Yaoshan Fatty NewtPachytriton inexpectatusLive togeth...
In 2007, experts including Tian Yingzhou, Li Song and Gu Xiaoming discovered a new species of scrofula in Shuichang Township, Longli County, which was later named "Longli scrofula".Habitat: This newt lives in large ponds with gentle water flow at an altitude of 1100-1200m or ponds with gro...
This newt lives in large ponds with gentle water flow or ponds with groundwater flowing out. The vegetation around the pond is lush and the water is clear. It usually lives at the bottom of ponds and is difficult to find. It will jump out of the water when there is flooding. The lens of the eyeball...
Habitat: Adult salamanders live in wide and gentle streams in deep mountains. The water is clear and you can see the bottom of the stream. The mountainous area is covered with broad-leaved forests, and the streamside is mostly covered with shrubs. The stream is about 3-5 m wide, with a gentle slope,...
The Youyang population and Jiangkou population of the new species of Wuling scrofula live in small streams with gentle flow in low mountain broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 800-1200 m, in backwater ponds or clean water beside streams. During the day, it often hides at the bottom of the stream,...
The cloud newt lives in ponds of various sizes in mountain streams, at an altitude of about 525m. The largest pond is 4m×4m, and the maximum water depth is about 3m. The bottom of the pond is covered with small stones and coarse gravel, and the bank of the pond is mostly granite. The stream flows s...
Zhijin newt is a new species named by Li Song, Zhao Haitao and others based on the specimens collected in Shuangyantang, Zhijin County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, and established based on its morphological characteristics and molecular information. It is another species of newts in Guizhou Provin...
You may not know much about the Chinese giant salamander, but you must have heard of its alias, the giant salamander. This thing has a long history and is one of the living fossils.The earliest giant salamander fossil in the world was unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China. The fossil is 165 million yea...
The appearance of the Oriental Salamander is similar to that of the Blue-tailed Salamander (Cynops cyanurus), but the Oriental Salamander has a flat or slightly raised back; the skin is smoother, the palms are prominent or not prominent; there is no orange-red spot below the eyes; the front half of...
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