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Prefectural Natural Monument
Amphibians
Anderson's Crocodile Newt
Echinotriton andersoni
The Anderson's crocodile newt is a dark newt with a row of wart-like bumps along the back, living in forests of Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima and Okinawa Island. It usually stays under leaf litter, and when threatened its rib tips can poke through the skin as a defense. With restricted habitat, it is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Echinotriton andersoni
- Group
- Amphibians
- Prefectures
- Kagoshima, Okinawa
- 日本語
- イボイモリ
- 简体中文
- 琉球疣螈
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The Anderson's Crocodile Newt is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kagoshima, Okinawa.
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