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Kuankuoshui salamander
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Pseudohynobius
Species:	P. kuankuoshuiensis
Binomial name
Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis Xu, Zeng, & Fu, 2007

The Kuankuoshui salamander (Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae endemic to China and only know from its type locality, Puchang-Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve (蒲昌宽阔水) in Suiyang County, Guizhou Province. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, streams, and pools. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Kuankuoshui salamander is a relative large salamander, about 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length.

References

1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135870A63887452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T135870A63887452.en.
2. Max Sparreboom (2013). "Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis Xu & Zeng, 2007". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

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