South east china cynops

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Some pics from the three known Cynops living in East and South East China to compare colouration and pattern:

orientalis from Anhui, south of Xuanzhou

orphicus from Guangdong, Chaozhou (in alcohol in a museum collection)

fudingensis from Fujian, Taimu
 

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Hello MarkusA, Most interesting pictures of Cynops, thankyou for sharing!
 
Excellent post! Thanks for sharing. Seeing the morphological differences between the forms in very interesting. I'd be curious to see how much intraspecific variation there is between localities.

-Cole
 
AW: South east china cynops

Too bad they have to be killed for the so called ''type-locality''. But besides that, nice to see the differences.
 
I agree joost, far better to see them alive!
 
I wish there were some breeding orphicus in captivity instead of formaline.
 
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