Cynops wolterstorffi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	CAUDATA	SALAMANDRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cynops wolterstorffi

Species Authority:

(Boulenger, 1905)

Common Name/s:

English

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Yunnan Lake Newt

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2004
Assessor/s:	Yang Datong, Michael Wai Neng Lau
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Justification: Listed as Extinct because many exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, in appropriate seasons, throughout its historic range have failed to record an individual since 1979.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was restricted to Kunming Lake and the surrounding areas in Yunnan, China.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: China
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No animals can now be found and this species is considered to be extinct.

Population:

No animals can now be found and this species is considered to be extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species formerly inhabited shallow lake waters and the adjacent irrigation channels, ponds and marshes. Breeding and larval development took place in these aquatic habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The extinction of this species was related to habitat destruction and degradation resulting from general pollution, land reclamation, domestic duck farming and the introduction of exotic fish and frog species.

Major Threat(s):

The extinction of this species was related to habitat destruction and degradation resulting from general pollution, land reclamation, domestic duck farming and the introduction of exotic fish and frog species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures needed; this species is extinct.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures needed; this species is extinct.

Citation:	Yang Datong, Michael Wai Neng Lau 2004. Cynops wolterstorffi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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