It is endemic to central China (southern Gansu and adjacent northern Sichuan, isolated records from Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Anhui provinces).

Its type locality is Wen County in Gansu, or in Chinese: 文县; pinyin: Wénxiàn, hence the name.

Tips of digits and lower tail margin are orange Skin is rough.

[3] Tylototriton wenxianensis inhabits forests near streams and pools in hilly areas, hiding under rocks.

[3] It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to farming and subsistence wood collection.