Dayang Newt

Dayang Newt
Dayang Newt
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Cynops
Species: C. orphicus
Binomial name
Cynops orphicus
Risch, 1983

The Dayang Newt (Cynops orphicus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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