Tylototriton himalayanus Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel & Jiang, 2015
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Tylototriton himalayanus is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is known from the Ilam District in eastern Nepal (its type locality from where it was described in 2015), Darjeeling in northwestern India, and western Bhutan. It is one of the only two species of salamanders found in India (the other being Tylototriton verrucosus).
Wikipedia contributors, Tylototriton himalayanus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:54:21.438552+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tylototriton himalayanus Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel & Jiang, 2015
- Name authority
- Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel & Jiang, 2015
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Salamandridae
- Genus
- Tylototriton
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderCaudata
- familySalamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
- subfamilyPleurodelinae Tschudi, 1838
- genusTylototriton Anderson, 1871
- speciesTylototriton himalayanus Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel & Jiang, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tylototriton. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tylototriton yangi Hou, Zhang, Zhou, Li & Lu, 2012 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson, 1871 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton wenxianensis Fei, Ye & Yang, 1984 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton asperrimus Unterstein, 1930 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton anhuiensis Qian, Sun, Li, Guo, Pan, Kang, Wang, Jiang, Wu & Zhang, 2017 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton kachinorum Zaw, Lay, Pawangkhanant, Gorin & Poyarkov, 2019 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton dabienicus Chen, Wang & Tao, 2010 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton broadoridgus Shen, Jiang & Mo, 2012 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton taliangensis Liu, 1950 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton pseudoverrucosus Hou, Gu, Zhang, Zeng & Lu in Hou, Li & Lü, 2012 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton liuyangensis Yang, Jiang, Shen & Fei, 2014 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tylototriton shanorum Nishikawa, Matsui & Rao, 2014 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1104395 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7DBLG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.