Salamandra subcristata
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Salamandra subcristata
New Latin name Cynops pyrrhogaster
Common name Nederlands: Chinese vuurbuiksalamander
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The Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) is a species of newt in the Salamandridae family endemic to Japan. In the wild, this species lives on the islands of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, in clear, cool bodies of water, usually ponds, ditches, pools, or lakes. |
