Kuankuoshui salamander

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.^[1] The Kuankuoshui salamander is a relative large salamander, about 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length.^[2]

Kuankuoshui salamander
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Hynobiidae
Genus:	Pseudohynobius
Species:	P. kuankuoshuiensis
Binomial name
Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis Xu, Zeng, & Fu, 2007