Tylototriton panhai
| Tylototriton panhai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Tylototriton |
| Species: | T. panhai
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylototriton panhai Nishikawa et al., 2013
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Tylototriton panhai is a newt found in Thailand and Laos. It was recently distinguished from Tylototriton shanjing (emperor newt) by Nishikawa et al., 2013.
The specific name, panhai, is in honour of Somsak Panha of Department of Biology, Chulalongkorn University for his dedication to the study of small new living organisms in the world for a long time, mostly discovered in Thailand.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Tylototriton panhai is found in:[2]
- Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand
- Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary and Phu Suan Sai National Park, Loei Province, Thailand
- Sayaboury Province, Laos
References
[edit]- ^ Panitvong, Nonn (2014-08-07). "Tylototriton panhai". Siamensis.org (in Thai). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Tylototriton panhai".
- Nishikawa, Kanto, Wichase Khonsue, Porrawee Pomchote and Masafumi Matsui. 2013. Two New Species of Tylototriton from Thailand (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Zootaxa. 3737(3): 261–279.
- http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2013/11/tylototriton-uyenoi-et-panhai.html
- http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Tylototriton&where-species=panhai