Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Cryptobranchoidea
Familia: Hynobiidae
Subfamilia: Hynobiinae
Genus: Ranodon
Species: R. sibiricus
Name
Ranodon Kessler, 1866
Type species: Ranodon sibiricus Kessler, 1866
Synonyms
Ranodon Kessler, 1866
Ranidens Boulenger, 1882
References
Kessler, 1866, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 39: 130.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Ranodon access date 29 July 2008
Vernacular names
English: Siberian Salamanders
日本語: セイホウサンショウウオ属
русский: Лягушкозуб
Ranodon is a monotypic genus of salamanders in the family Hynobiidae.[2] It currently contains only one species, the Central Asian salamander (Ranodon sibiricus).
Formerly in this genus were:
Wushan salamander (Liua shihi)
Tsinpa salamander (Liua tsinpaensis)
Yellow-spotted salamander (Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus)
Distribution
The Central Asian salamander is found in the Dzungarian Alatau mountains on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate forest, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes, and springs. The species is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
Kuzmin, Sergius; Wang, Xiuling; Ishchenko, Vladimir; Tuniyev, Boris (2004). "Ranodon sibiricus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T19304A8851144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T19304A8851144.en.
Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Ranodon Kessler, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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