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Red-tailed knobby newt
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<p>The red-tailed knobby newt or Kweichow (crocodile) newt (<i>Tylototriton kweichowensis</i>) is a species of <a href="/facts/Salamander/5pKurkwV">salamander</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Salamandridae/GD8fstEn">Salamandridae</a>. It is found in western <a href="/facts/Guizhou/BWxNrucU">Guizhou</a> ("Kweichow" being an old spelling of Guizhou) and north-eastern <a href="/facts/Yunnan/Q924cyfE">Yunnan</a>, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>. It is most closely related to <a href="/facts/Emperor_newt/CI4R29de">emperor newt</a> (<i>Tylototriton shanjing</i>) and <a href="/facts/Himalayan_newt/PxhvP4gH">Himalayan newt</a> (<i>T. verrucosus</i>). </p>