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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Vulnerable |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species inhabits montane forests and secondary forest, where it breeds by larval development in pools, ponds and ditches, including some artificial water bodies. The breeding season is from May to August. This species can disperse more easily between water bodies than other salamanders in the area, such as Cynops yunnanensis, which is restricted to water (D.-Q. Rao pers. comm. June 2019). The average age at first reproduction is 3–4 years.
Range:
This species is currently known only from central, western and southern Yunnan Province, China, between 1,450–2,500 m asl (Grosse 2007, Fei et al. 2012). Similar habitat and elevations to those in its known localities extend into a small section of northeastern Shan State, Myanmar, but individuals there belong to another species, T. verrocusus (D.-Q. Rao pers. comm. June 2019). Records from Laos previously attributed to this species have been reassigned to Tylotriton podichthys (Phimmachak et al. 2015). The boundaries of this species' range are not well-known, but its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 150,889 km2. The species' range map is based on both known and inferred localities of occurrence. There is currently no evidence of sympatry between Tylototriton species (Le et al. 2015), which may indicate that this species' western and southern borders are restricted by the adjacency of T. verrocusus and T. anguliceps subpopulations. The localities from northeastern Yunnan belong to T. kweichowensis, and the localities from far southeastern Yunnan belong to T. yangi.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
The range of this species overlaps with a number of protected areas in the region, including Wuliangshan, Hanglianshan, and Ailaoshan Nature Reserves. It is bred in captivity in Europe and North America, although it is probably not for conservation purposes (i.e. re-introductions), but does provide a degree of support to the species. It is listed as Class Ⅱ protected species under China’s wild animal protection law, making it illegal to collect the species.
Conservation Actions Needed
Continued and strengthened management of protected area(s) where this species occurs, and expanded protection of suitable habitat elsewhere in its range is required. In addition, improved enforcement of the ban on collecting and stricter controls of the illegal trade is needed. It is also recommended that public outreach and awareness programmes be established for this species to help reduce harvesting pressure.
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, harvesting rates, and threats. There is also a need for monitoring the population status of this species given the threats of over-exploitation and ongoing habitat loss from expanding agriculture, human settlements, and wood collection.
The range of this species overlaps with a number of protected areas in the region, including Wuliangshan, Hanglianshan, and Ailaoshan Nature Reserves. It is bred in captivity in Europe and North America, although it is probably not for conservation purposes (i.e. re-introductions), but does provide a degree of support to the species. It is listed as Class Ⅱ protected species under China’s wild animal protection law, making it illegal to collect the species.
Conservation Actions Needed
Continued and strengthened management of protected area(s) where this species occurs, and expanded protection of suitable habitat elsewhere in its range is required. In addition, improved enforcement of the ban on collecting and stricter controls of the illegal trade is needed. It is also recommended that public outreach and awareness programmes be established for this species to help reduce harvesting pressure.
Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, harvesting rates, and threats. There is also a need for monitoring the population status of this species given the threats of over-exploitation and ongoing habitat loss from expanding agriculture, human settlements, and wood collection.