AMPHIBIA: CAUDATA: SALAMANDRIDAE: Tylototriton

Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871

Crocodile newt

Photos & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

Range: China.

Diagnosis: A small (12 cm/5 inch) newt with black skin, an orange head with large orange paratoid glands, and  orange vertebral stripe, limbs, and lateral raised knobs.

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Taxonomy & Relationships: Tylototriton translates from Greek as "knobby newt."

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 Literature:  Click on book to order

Aresté, M. and J. L. Farriols. 1998. Tylototriton verrucosus. Reptilia 5: 39-42. 

Hofricher, Robert (editor). 2000. Amphibians: the world of frogs, toads, salamanders and newts. Firefly Books. ISBN: 1-55209-541-X.

Salmonson, Jessica. 1991. The Mandarin salamander in captivity. The Vivarium 2(3).

Sprackland, Robert. 1995. Animals & Fishes in Aquaterrariums. TFH Publications, Neptune, NJ. ISBN: 0-7938-0125-7.