Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Salamandridae > Echinotriton > Echinotriton andersoni

Echinotriton andersoni (Anderson's Crocodile Newt)

Synonyms: Pleurodeles andersoni; Tylototriton andersoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Anderson's crocodile newt, Anderson's newt, Ryukyu spiny newt, or Japanese warty newt (Echinotriton andersoni) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, and, at least formerly, Guanyinshan (=Mount Guanyin) in northern Taiwan, where it is now believed to be extinct.
View Wikipedia Record: Echinotriton andersoni

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Echinotriton andersoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
66
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.52
EDGE Score: 5.05
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  8 inches (20.5 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests Japan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amami - Gunto Quasi National Park 107098 Japan      
Okinawa Kaigan Quasi National Park 121853 Japan      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocercoides tridens <Unverified Name>[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0