HERPADEX
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Basic information
Cynops ensicauda
Sword-tailed Newt
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyTrue salamanders and newts
GenusFire-bellied newts
- Czech name
- Čolek žlutobřichý
- English name
- Sword-tailed Newt
- Alternative names
- Čolek okinavský, Japanese Sword-tailed Newt, Sword-tail Newt, Swordtail Newt
- Synonyms
- Cynops ensicauda ensicauda, Cynops ensicauda popei, Cynops pyrrhogaster popei, Diemictylus ensicauda, Molge pyrrhogaster ensicauda, Molge pyrrhogastra ensicaudatus, Triton ensicauda, Triturus ensicauda, Triturus ensicaudus, Triturus ensicaudus ensicaudus, Triturus ensicaudus popei, Triturus pyrrhogaster ensicaudus
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 179 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 17.9 years
Reproduction and development
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6500 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6C7WR · COL26.9