Korean crevice salamander
A species of Korean crevice salamander Scientific name : Karsenia koreana Genus : Korean crevice salamander
Korean crevice salamander, A species of Korean crevice salamander
Botanical name: Karsenia koreana
Genus: Korean crevice salamander
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Description
The Korean crevice salamander (Karsenia koreana) is a species of lungless salamander. It dwells under rocks in limestone forest areas of the Korean peninsula. It was discovered by Stephen J. Karsen, an American science teacher working in Daejeon, South Korea, in 2003, and described in 2005. Although plethodontid salamanders comprise seventy percent of salamander species worldwide, Karsenia koreana is the first member of this taxon known from Asia. Like other plethodontids, it
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Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
Amphibians Order
Salamanders Family
Lungless salamanders Species
Korean crevice salamander 
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