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Developmental biology of
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The record of
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. Measurements from random eggs in the field showed an egg diameter ranging between
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(mean 9.73 ±
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Dark and light phenotypic variations of
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found at the type locality. Photo M. Bernardes.
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(mean 17.04 ±
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ground color light yellowish ochre; dark pigmentation on dorsal flanks, tail and head; venter slightly transparent to creamy white with no pigmentation; yellow spots scattered on dorsal side of head, body and tail; fingers and toes transparent to yellowish; gills light orange; eyes golden with black pupils. Pigmentation got darker with age turning black shortly before metamorphosis; toes and finger tips remained yellow as well as ventral ridge of tail. However, during field work at the
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locality of this species we came across slight phenotypic variations, where larvae were also totally white at older stages (
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Comparison with
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The diameter of the gelatinous layer of the egg was bigger in
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, as well as sizes of hatchlings. However, the estimated size at metamorphosis is likely bigger in
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<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DD7306C4FD68F841" box="[584,690,1932,1956]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="834236C8644AFFB8DC2C01D9FB63FEED" blockId="8.[790,1397,144,265]" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
development and body shape of larvae of
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<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBF401D8FAA8FF4D" box="[1231,1394,145,168]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were very similar to
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<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCCB01F8FB83FF2D" box="[1008,1113,176,200]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with the exception that in
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<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2D0198FC66FF0D" box="[790,956,209,232]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the body is more slender and elongated and the gills more orange than reddish.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="834236C8644AFFB8DC2C0066FCA4FA0D" blockId="8.[789,1398,303,1961]" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2C0066FB5FFE8D" bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
Comparisons between the development of
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<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA660066FCA9FE8D" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and its congeners.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBAE0019FAA9FE8D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1173,1395,336,360]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBAE0019FAA9FE8D" box="[1173,1395,336,360]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">Tylototriton ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed terrestrial oviposition, while
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBF60038FAA9FE6D" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[1229,1395,368,392]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taliangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBF60038FAA9FE6D" box="[1229,1395,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. taliangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC7300D8FC30FE4D" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[840,1002,400,424]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC7300D8FC87FE4D" box="[840,861,401,424]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCB500D9FC30FE4D" box="[910,1002,400,424]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed aquatic oviposition and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA6400D8FC6CFE2D" authorityName="Fang &amp; Chang" authorityYear="1932" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kweichowensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA6400D8FC6CFE2D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. kweichowensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCC000F8FB7CFE2D" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" box="[1019,1190,432,456]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCC000F8FB7CFE2D" box="[1019,1190,432,456]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed both. In
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC2C0098FC72FE0D" baseAuthorityName="Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[791,936,464,488]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="podichthys">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2C0098FC72FE0D" box="[791,936,464,488]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. podichthys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCD80098FB90FE0D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote &amp; Matsui" authorityYear="2013" box="[995,1098,464,488]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="panhai">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCD80098FB90FE0D" box="[995,1098,464,488]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. panhai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
eggs were laid adhered to vegetation, while in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB3E00B8FBACFDED" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1029,1142,496,520]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB3E00B8FBACFDED" box="[1029,1142,496,520]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
eggs were oviposited on the ground. One exceptional clutch of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA390358FAA9FDCD" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1282,1395,528,552]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA390358FAA9FDCD" box="[1282,1395,528,552]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed eggs in small aggregations, like in
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBE50378FC5DFD8D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBE50378FAB5FDAD" baseAuthorityName="Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[1246,1391,560,584]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="podichthys">T. podichthys</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC2C0318FC5DFD8D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[791,903,592,616]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">T. ziegleri</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
had similar clutch sizes compared with
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA640318FC4CFD6D" authorityName="Fei, Ye &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1984" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA640318FC4CFD6D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. hainanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but they were smaller than clutch sizes of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC2C03D8FC0FFD4D" authorityName="Fang &amp; Chang" authorityYear="1932" box="[791,981,656,680]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kweichowensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2C03D8FC0FFD4D" box="[791,981,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. kweichowensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB2F03D8FB6FFD4D" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[1044,1205,656,680]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taliangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB2F03D8FB6FFD4D" box="[1044,1205,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. taliangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and bigger than those of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC4E03F8FBC3FD2D" box="[885,1049,689,712]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC4E03F8FBC3FD2D" box="[885,1049,689,712]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB1C03F8FB6FFD2D" authorityName="Unterstein" authorityYear="1930" box="[1063,1205,689,712]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asperrimus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB1C03F8FB6FFD2D" box="[1063,1205,689,712]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T asperrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBF803F8FAA9FD2D" box="[1219,1395,689,712]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBF803F8FAB5FD2D" authorityName="Fei, Ye &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1984" box="[1219,1391,689,712]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wenxianensis">T. wenxianensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC7F0398FC3DFD0D" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" box="[836,999,720,744]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC7F0398FC3DFD0D" box="[836,999,720,744]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Eggs of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB6B0398FB61FD0D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1104,1211,720,744]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB6B0398FB61FD0D" box="[1104,1211,720,744]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were transparent in coloration when young and turned to yellowbrownish when older, like in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB5B0258FAD2FCCD" box="[1120,1288,785,808]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB5B0258FAD2FCCD" box="[1120,1288,785,808]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC2C0278FC18FCAD" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" box="[791,962,816,840]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2C0278FC18FCAD" box="[791,962,816,840]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
eggs were greenish-yellow in color. The comparison between sizes of ovae showed larger diameters for
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC950238FBC3FC6D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[942,1049,880,904]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC950238FBC3FC6D" box="[942,1049,880,904]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in relation to
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB880238FAB6FC6D" authorityName="Fang &amp; Chang" authorityYear="1932" box="[1203,1388,880,904]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kweichowensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB880238FAB6FC6D" box="[1203,1388,880,904]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. kweichowensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2C02D8FC62FC4D" box="[791,952,913,936]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC2C02D8FC6EFC4D" authorityName="Unterstein" authorityYear="1930" box="[791,948,913,936]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asperrimus">T. asperrimus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCC602D8FB49FC4D" baseAuthorityName="Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[1021,1171,912,936]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="podichthys">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCC602D8FB49FC4D" box="[1021,1171,912,936]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. podichthys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In relation to the diameter of the gelatinous layer,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBB902F8FB35FC2D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1154,1263,944,968]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBB902F8FB35FC2D" box="[1154,1263,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had similar diameters to those of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCCE0298FB48FC0D" authorityName="Yang, Jiang, Shen &amp; Fei" authorityYear="2014" box="[1013,1170,976,1000]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liuyangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCCE0298FB48FC0D" box="[1013,1170,976,1000]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. liuyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBFF0298FAB0FC0D" authorityName="Fei, Ye &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1984" box="[1220,1386,977,1000]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wenxianensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBFF0298FAB0FC0D" box="[1220,1386,977,1000]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. wenxianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which were bigger than those of
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB9D02B8FC66FBCD" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB9D02B8FA96FBED" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[1190,1356,1008,1032]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taliangensis">T. taliangensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA6402B8FC62FBCD" authorityName="Fang &amp; Chang" authorityYear="1932" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kweichowensis">T. kweichowensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCD60558FB5AFBCD" box="[1005,1152,1040,1064]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCD60558FBA6FBCD" baseAuthorityName="Phimmachak, Aowphol, and Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[1005,1148,1040,1064]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="podichthys">T. podichthys</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and smaller than those of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC0F0578FC12FBAD" authorityName="Unterstein" authorityYear="1930" box="[820,968,1073,1096]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asperrimus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC0F0578FC12FBAD" box="[820,968,1073,1096]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. asperrimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCED0578FB5BFBAD" box="[982,1153,1073,1096]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCED0578FBA7FBAD" box="[982,1149,1073,1096]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">T. vietnamensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBB20578FAFDFBAD" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[1161,1319,1072,1096]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBB20578FB47FBAD" box="[1161,1181,1073,1096]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBF30579FAFDFBAD" box="[1224,1319,1072,1096]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA1D0579FAF0FBAD" box="[1318,1322,1072,1096]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">,</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA5B0578FC45FB8D" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA5B0578FC45FB8D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed a wider range of egg diameter, both bigger and smaller than those of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB4D0538FB3AFB6D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1142,1248,1136,1160]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB4D0538FB3AFB6D" box="[1142,1248,1136,1160]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Furthermore egg size was related to clutch size, as species with smaller eggs had bigger clutches and vice-versa (y = -29.68 x + 313.64; F
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= 66.85,
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCC30598FBD2FB0D" box="[1016,1032,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">P</emphasis>
&lt;0.001;
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB4B0598FBA0FB0D" box="[1136,1146,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">r</emphasis>
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= 91.7%). At hatching time
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC7405B8FC2FFAED" box="[847,1013,1265,1288]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC7405B8FC2FFAED" box="[847,1013,1265,1288]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had the largest larvae, followed in size by larvae of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCF50458FBE2FACD" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[974,1080,1296,1320]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCF50458FBE2FACD" box="[974,1080,1296,1320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB7E0458FADFFACD" box="[1093,1285,1296,1320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB7E0458FADBFACD" authorityName="Fang &amp; Chang" authorityYear="1932" box="[1093,1281,1296,1320]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kweichowensis">T. kweichowensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and lastly by
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC070478FC38FAAD" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" box="[828,994,1328,1352]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC070478FC38FAAD" box="[828,994,1328,1352]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Size at metamorphosis seemed the smallest for
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC9A0418FBF3FA8D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui &amp; Rao" authorityYear="2014" box="[929,1065,1360,1384]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanorum">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC9A0418FBF3FA8D" box="[929,1065,1360,1384]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. shanorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB5B0418FADFFA8D" box="[1120,1285,1361,1384]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB5B0418FADFFA8D" box="[1120,1285,1361,1384]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, followed by
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC070438FC07FA6D" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[828,989,1392,1416]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC070438FC8BFA6D" box="[828,849,1393,1416]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCBA0439FC07FA6D" box="[897,989,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCD40438FB71FA6D" authorityName="Fang &amp; Chang" authorityYear="1932" box="[1007,1195,1392,1416]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kweichowensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCD40438FB71FA6D" box="[1007,1195,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. kweichowensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB860438FAB6FA6D" authorityName="Shen, Jiang &amp; Mo" authorityYear="2012" box="[1213,1388,1392,1416]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="broadoridgus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB860438FAB6FA6D" box="[1213,1388,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. broadoridgus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC7D04D8FC30FA4D" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" box="[838,1002,1424,1448]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC7D04D8FC30FA4D" box="[838,1002,1424,1448]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while in comparison
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBD904D8FA9FFA4D" baseAuthorityName="Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui" baseAuthorityYear="2013" box="[1250,1349,1425,1448]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uyenoi">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBD904D8FA9FFA4D" box="[1250,1349,1425,1448]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. uyenoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC2204F8FC63FA2D" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[793,953,1456,1480]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taliangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC2204F8FC63FA2D" box="[793,953,1456,1480]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. taliangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had the largest sizes at metamorphosis (
<tableCitation id="CE7F0373644AFFB8DC250499FCABFA0D" box="[798,881,1488,1512]" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="9.[141,197,144,165]" captionTargetBox="[152,1387,272,1442]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Table 4. Reproduction data of Tylototriton representatives (after Bourret 1942; Khatiwada et al. 2015; Kuzmin et al. 1994; Mudrack 2005; Nishikawa et al. 2013a, 2014, 2015; Phimmachak et al. 2015; Shen et al. 2012; Sparreboom 2014; Yang et al. 2014; Zhao 1988; Ziegler et al. 2008; and after own data for T. vietnamensis in comparison with T. ziegleri). * based on the description of a single larva; ** based on the description of two juveniles.All measurements in mm. For abbreviations see Material and Methods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/D7826640644BFFB9DFB601D9FAAEFF18" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" tableUuid="D7826640644BFFB9DFB601D9FAAEFF18">Table 4</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="834236C8644AFFB9DC0C04B9FE08F9DE" blockId="8.[789,1398,303,1961]" lastBlockId="9.[141,748,1472,1595]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="81" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">
Generally, the larvae of
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB1504B8FB4CF9ED" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui and Nguyen" authorityYear="2013" box="[1070,1174,1520,1544]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ziegleri">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB1504B8FB4CF9ED" box="[1070,1174,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. ziegleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from the described larvae of the genus
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBEB0759FA97F9CD" baseAuthorityName="Dubois and Raffaelli" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1232,1357,1552,1576]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBEB0759FA97F9CD" box="[1232,1357,1552,1576]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">Tylototriton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having: 1) a broad head (longer in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB990778FA98F9AD" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[1186,1346,1584,1608]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB990778FB6DF9AD" box="[1186,1207,1585,1608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBDD0779FA98F9AD" box="[1254,1346,1584,1608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 2) the interorbital distance wider than internostril distance (similar distances in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCCD0738FB54F96D" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[1014,1166,1648,1672]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCCD0738FBD0F96D" box="[1014,1034,1649,1672]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB080739FB54F96D" box="[1075,1166,1648,1672]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 3) a pointed tail tip (round in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC4607D8FC07F94D" baseAuthorityName="Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui" baseAuthorityYear="2013" box="[893,989,1681,1704]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uyenoi">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC4607D8FC07F94D" box="[893,989,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. uyenoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCD107D8FB5EF94D" authorityName="Liu" authorityYear="1950" box="[1002,1156,1680,1704]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taliangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCD107D8FB5EF94D" box="[1002,1156,1680,1704]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. taliangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBAA07D8FAF3F94D" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[1169,1321,1680,1704]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBAA07D8FB7FF94D" box="[1169,1189,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBF107D9FAF3F94D" box="[1226,1321,1680,1704]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA1307D9FAF6F94D" box="[1320,1324,1680,1704]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">,</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA6407D8FC46F92D" authorityName="Yang, Jiang, Shen &amp; Fei" authorityYear="2014" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liuyangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA6407D8FC46F92D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. liuyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 4) the absence of balancers (versus present in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DC090798FC49F90D" baseAuthorityName="Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui" baseAuthorityYear="2013" box="[818,915,1745,1768]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uyenoi">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DC090798FC49F90D" box="[818,915,1745,1768]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. uyenoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DCFE0798FB87F90D" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[965,1117,1744,1768]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DCFE0798FC00F90D" box="[965,986,1745,1768]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB3A0799FB87F90D" box="[1025,1117,1744,1768]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 5) dorsal fin higher than ventral fin (almost identical height in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB9C07B8FA9FF8ED" authorityName="Yang, Jiang, Shen &amp; Fei" authorityYear="2014" box="[1191,1349,1776,1800]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liuyangensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB9C07B8FA9FF8ED" box="[1191,1349,1776,1800]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. liuyangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 6) tail shorter than SVL (tail longer than SVL in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DA230658FCB0F8AD" authorityName="Khatiwada, Wang, Ghimire, Vasudevan, Paudel &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2015" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DA230658FCB0F8AD" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 7) reddish gills (versus orange in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DBC30678FC96F88D" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DBC30678FC96F88D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 8) advanced larval stages with dark ground color with the exception of yellow digits and ventral fin (versus orange digits and fin in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644AFFB8DB2D06D8FB1BF84D" authorityName="Shen, Jiang &amp; Mo" authorityYear="2012" box="[1046,1217,1936,1960]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="80" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="broadoridgus">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644AFFB8DB2D06D8FB1BF84D" box="[1046,1217,1936,1960]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="80">T. broadoridgus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; yellow at head, parotids, vertebral ridge, rib nodules, limbs and tail in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644BFFB9DDED0488FF0EFA1D" baseAuthorityName="Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote, and Matsui" baseAuthorityYear="2013" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="9" pageNumber="81" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uyenoi">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644BFFB9DDED0488FF0EFA1D" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="81">T. uyenoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644BFFB9DE3504A8FE49FA1D" authorityName="Nishikawa, Matsui &amp; Rao" authorityYear="2014" box="[270,403,1504,1528]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="9" pageNumber="81" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanorum">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644BFFB9DE3504A8FE49FA1D" box="[270,403,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="81">T. shanorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; brighter coloration laterally in the rib area in
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644BFFB9DE170748FE1CF9FD" authorityName="Nussbaum, Brodie &amp; Yang" authorityYear="1995" box="[300,454,1536,1560]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="9" pageNumber="81" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shanjing">
<emphasis id="B189EADA644BFFB9DE170748FE9BF9FD" box="[300,321,1537,1560]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="81">T.</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B189EADA644BFFB9DE500749FE1CF9FD" box="[363,454,1536,1560]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="81">shanjing</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and 9) being less slender than larvae of
<emphasis id="B189EADA644BFFB9DE1C076DFE08F9DE" box="[295,466,1572,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="81">
<taxonomicName id="44FD4D4B644BFFB9DE1C076DFE14F9DE" box="[295,462,1572,1595]" class="Amphibia" family="Salamandridae" genus="Tylototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="9" pageNumber="81" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">T. vietnamensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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