Yunnan Lake Newt (Cynops wolterstorffi)
The Yunnan Lake Newt was described in 1905, it was restricted to a small area near Lake Dianchi (or Lake Kunming) in the Yunnan Province, China.
The males are about 11 cm long, the females reach a length of about 14 cm; both sexes are: “Blackish olive above, with an orange or orange-vermilion vertebral stripe, with or without round or roundish spots or dots of the same colour; orange-vermilion beneath, with black spots or marblings, which may be confluent into longitudinal bands; lower edge of tail vermilion-orange.” [1]
The species was last seen in 1979 and is now considered extinct.
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References:
[1] G. A. Boulenger: Description of a new newt from Yunnan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 Vol. 1: 277-278
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edited: 16.05.2021