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Ranodon

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Ranodon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Hynobiidae
Subfamily: Hynobiinae
Genus: Ranodon
Kessler, 1866
Species:
R. sibiricus
Binomial name
Ranodon sibiricus
Kessler, 1866

Ranodon is a monotypic genus of salamanders in the family Hynobiidae.[2] It currently contains only one species, the Central Asian salamander (Ranodon sibiricus). The species lives in streams and has reduced lungs. It was previously assumed the fertilization was the opposite of that other salamanders with external fertilization, with the male first depositing a large mass of sperm, which the female then placed her eggs on. But this appears to have been an error, and that the male fertilize the eggs only after the female has laid them.[3][4]

Formerly in this genus were:

Distribution

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The Central Asian salamander is found in the Dzungarian Alatau mountains on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate forest, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes, and springs. The species is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kuzmin, Sergius; Wang, Xiuling; Ishchenko, Vladimir; Tuniyev, Boris (2004). "Ranodon sibiricus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T19304A8851144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T19304A8851144.en.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Ranodon Kessler, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians
  4. ^ Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Urodela