Difference between revisions of "Central Asian salamander"
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
m (Fix Category:CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter: vauthors/veditors or enumerate multiple authors/editors/assessors; WP:GenFixes on using AWB) |
m (1 revision) |
(No difference)
| |
Latest revision as of 01:02, 17 May 2026
Template:Taxobox The Central Asian salamander (Ranodon sibiricus) is a species of salamander in the monotypic genus Ranodon of the Hynobiidae family.<ref name=frost>Template:Cite web</ref> In Kazakhstan and Russia, it is called the Semirechensk salamander (Template:Lang-kk; Template:Lang-ru), while in China, it is called the Xinjiang salamander (Template:Zh; Template:Lang-ug).
The Central Asian salamander is found in the Dzungarian Alatau mountains on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. The species is threatened by habitat loss.<ref name=IUCN/>
