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Japanese Sword-tailed Newt




  Name Sword-tailed Newt
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Lissamphibia
  Ordo Caudata
  Familia Salamandridae
  Genus ''''' Cynops '''''
  Species '''''C ensicauda'''''
  Binomial ''Cynops ensicauda''
  Binomial Authority ( Hallowell , 1860 )


The Sword-tail newt (''Cynops ensicauda'') has recently been placed on Japan's Red List of Threatened Amphibians. This newt has a very small range and can only be found in some of the southernmost islands of Japan. Sometimes, Sword-tail newts are called Fire-bellied Newts because of their bright orange bellies which serve as a warning to predators that they are poisonous.


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