"It is an exceptional #discovery as it is one of the most colorful #species in the #genus #Tylototriton . This is also the first time that a #crocodile #newt species is recorded from the Central Highlands of #Vietnam . Occurring at elevations from 1,800 to 2,300 m above sea level, this discovery sets an elevational record for the genus in the country, with former distribution ranges between 250 m and 1,740 m," says #discoverer and first author of the study Trung My Phung.
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-southernmost-crocodile-newt-threatened-species.html
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Southernmost crocodile #newt record is a threatened new species https://phys.org/news/2023-07-southernmost-crocodile-newt-threatened-species.html
Southbound – the southernmost record of Tylototriton from the Central Highlands of #Vietnam represents a #NewSpecies: Trung My Phung et al. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/96091/
"Crocodile #newts (#Tylototriton) include nearly 40 species inhabiting montane forest areas throughout the Asian monsoon climate zone. Remarkably, 15 of these species have been described in the past 5 years, and there remain several unnamed taxa"