But no matter what the differences, just by being found on Taiwan the salamanders have a high value scientifically. Not only is the Formosan salamander the most southerly of all its species, but, of the eight families of amphibians, Taiwan is home to just one family and of that family, to just one species--the Formosan salamander. (Gypsy Chang / tr.
不管什麼樣的差異，肯定的是，只要生長在本島的山椒魚，在學術上都有極高的價值﹘﹘因為它們不僅是生長在緯度最南的山椒魚，且在兩生類有尾目八科中，台灣只擁有這麼一科，一科中又只有一種，便是這位來自遠方的嬌客。