First country record of Tylototriton koliaensis Poyarkov et al., 2024 (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Guangxi, China
The crocodile newt Tylototriton koliaensis Poyarkov, Nguyen, Le, Le, Arkhipov, Gorin, Hernandez & Dufresnes, 2024 was recently described from northern Vietnam. Here, we report the first country record of this species from China, based on specimens from Bainan Township, Napo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Both molecular and morphological evidence supports the identification of the Chinese specimens as T. koliaensis . This record improves our understanding of the diversity and distribution of Tylototriton Anderson, 1871 in Guangxi and highlights the need for further herpetological surveys in the biodiverse China–Vietnam border region.
Authors
- Ying-Yong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2024-6641)
- Shuo Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-6093)
- D X Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-1443)
- Han-Ming Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8244-1567)
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Publication Details
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- Published
- 2026-07-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15560/22.4.689
- Primary Topic
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Supercomputer Centre in Guangzhou
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Viện Sinh thái và Tài nguyên sinh vật, Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam