Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Oriental Fire-bellied Newt being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hypselotriton fudingensis
- Cynops pyrrhogaster
- Paramesotriton hongkongensis
- Triturus karelinii
- Ommatotriton ophryticus
- Calotriton asper
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Salamandridae
- Genus
- Hypselotriton
- Species
- Hypselotriton orientalis
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