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Xingan salamander
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Hynobius
Species:	H. maoershanensis
Binomial name
Hynobius maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang & Jiang, 2006

The Xingan salamander (Hynobius maoershanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to China: it is only known from its type locality, Mao'ershan (Mount Mao'er) in the Xing'an County, Guangxi. Its natural habitats are marshes and the surrounding forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and, living close to the summit of Mao'ershan at around 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl, by climate change. It occurs within the Mao'ershan National Nature Reserve.

References

1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Hynobius maoershanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135908A63849673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T135908A63849673.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hynobius maoershanensis Zhou, Jiang, and Jiang, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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