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Hypselotriton oolong Wang, Zeng, Wei & Lyu, 2024

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Hypselotriton oolong Wang, Zeng, Wei & Lyu, 2024
Name authority
Wang, Zeng, Wei & Lyu, 2024
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Salamandridae
Genus
Hypselotriton
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderCaudata
  10. familySalamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
  11. subfamilyPleurodelinae Tschudi, 1838
  12. genusHypselotriton Wolterstorff, 1934
  13. speciesHypselotriton oolong Wang, Zeng, Wei & Lyu, 2024

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hypselotriton. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Hypselotriton chenggongensis (Kou & Xing, 1983)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton orientalis (David, 1873)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton orphicus (Risch, 1983)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton wolterstorffi (Boulenger, 1905)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton yunnanensis (Yang, 1983)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton maguae (Lyu, Qi & Wang in Lyu, Qi, Zhang, Dai & Wang, 2023)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton cyanurus (Liu, Hu & Yang, 1962)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hypselotriton fudingensis (Wu, Wang, Jiang & Hanken, 2010)SalamandridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 111 records assigned to Salamandridae.

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1270251 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:PPWCN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.