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Encyclopedia > Cynops
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Fire Belly Newts
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Lissamphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Cynops
Tschudi, 1838

The Fire Belly Newts (Cynops) is a genus of newts native to Japan and China. All of the species show brights yellow or red bellies, however this feature is not unique to this genus. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (rhombozoans) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Anura Caudata Gymnophiona Allocaudata The subclass Lissamphibia includes all recent amphibians. ... Families Salamander is the common name applied to approximately 350 amphibian vertebrates with slender bodies, short legs, and long tails (order Caudata or Urodela). ... Genera   Chioglossa   Cynops   Echinotriton   Euproctus   Mertensiella   Neurergus   Notophthalmus   Pachytriton   Paramesotriton   Pleurodeles   Salamandra   Salamandrina   Taricha   Triturus   Tylototriton The family Salamandridae consists of true salamanders and newts. ... Johann Jakob von Tschudi (July 25, 1818 - October 8, 1889) was a Swiss naturalist and explorer. ...


Species

Species Chenggong Fire Belly Newt (Cynops chenggongensis) Species Range: China The Genus Cynops is due for a split. ... Binomial name Cynops ensicauda (Hallowell, 1860) The Sword-tail newt (Cynops ensicauda) has recently been placed on Japans Red List of Threatened Amphibians. ... Binomial name Cynops orientalis (David, 1873) The Chinese Fire Belly Newt (Cynops orientalis) is a common newt often seen in many pet stores. ...

Taxonomic controversy

The genus Cynops is due for a split. The Chinese species will be placed in a separate genus from the Japanese ones. The species Cynops cyanurus is at the centre of all this. There is much debate about the validity of Cynops cyanurus and Cynops chenggongensis. All the known captive animals could be something different to cyanurus as they do not entirely match the original description of the species. the only known animals that match that are animals originating from Chemnitz Zoo but the problem is that they have not been able to get the F2 animals to breed well, which could suggest that they are in fact a hybrid of cyanurus and chenggongensis or an undescribed Cynops species. There have even been suggestions that the animals thought to be cyanurus in collections is in fact chennggongensis. There is still much to be learnt from this genus, and only further analysis will clear it up.


External links

  • livingunderworld.org

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