Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Central Asian salamander (Ranodon sibiricus), recorded as Endangered
Central Asian salamander (Ranodon sibiricus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Central Asian salamander

Ranodon sibiricus

Ranodon is a monotypic genus of salamanders in the family Hynobiidae.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ranodon sibiricus
Taxonomy
Amphibia · Caudata · Hynobiidae · Ranodon

The salamander

Central Asian salamander is a salamander in the family Hynobiidae (order Caudata) — Ranodon sibiricus.

Range and habitat

The Central Asian salamander is found in the Dzungarian Alatau mountains on the border of China and Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate forest, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes, and springs. The species is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Salamanders hide under logs, in seeps, or in caves. They do not commute across a dry valley.

Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.

In crisis

Salamanders disappear when seeps are capped, caves are disturbed, or a pathogen moves through a mountain range.

Central Asian salamander is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Central Asian salamander, Wikidata item Q2344450. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Central Asian salamander?
Central Asian salamander is a salamander in the family Hynobiidae (order Caudata) — Ranodon sibiricus.
What is the conservation status of Central Asian salamander?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ranodon sibiricus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Central Asian salamander live?
Its natural habitat is temperate forest, tundra, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes, and springs.
Why is Central Asian salamander in crisis?
Salamanders disappear when seeps are capped, caves are disturbed, or a pathogen moves through a mountain range.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ranodon sibiricus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Central Asian salamander a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.