Paramesotriton
Genus of amphibians
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Paramesotriton, also known as warty newts[1] or Asian warty newts,[2][3] is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae.[1] The genus is found in southwestern and southern China and in northern Vietnam.[1][3] Most of the species are endemic to China, and the majority of them have been described recently, since 2008.[3] The genus includes both pond and stream dwellers.[4]
| Paramesotriton | |
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| Paramesotriton hongkongensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Pleurodelinae |
| Genus: | Paramesotriton Chang, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Mesotriton deloustali Bourret, 1934 | |
| Species | |
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14 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy and systematics
The sister taxon of Paramesotriton is Laotriton. The genus may be divided into two species groups (subgenera), Paramesotriton and Allomesotriton.[1][3]
Description
Paramesotriton have a dark brown dorsum[2] with a prominent vertebral ridge, often also a pair of lateral ridges. The tail is high and laterally compressed.[4] Skin texture varies from relatively smooth to very rough.[2] Paramesotriton hongkongensis has toxic skin and ova, as has been shown for many other salamanders.[5]
Species
Paramesotriton contains the following 14 species:[1][6]
- Paramesotriton aurantius Yuan, Wu, Zhou, and Che, 2016
- Paramesotriton caudopunctatus (Liu and Hu, 1973) — spot-tailed warty newt
- Paramesotriton chinensis (Gray, 1859) — Chinese warty newt
- Paramesotriton deloustali (Bourret, 1934) — Tam Dao salamander, Vietnamese salamander
- Paramesotriton fuzhongensis Wen, 1989 — Wanggao warty newt
- Paramesotriton guangxiensis (Huang, Tang, and Tang, 1983) — Guangxi warty newt
- Paramesotriton hongkongensis (Myers and Leviton, 1962) — Hong Kong warty newt, Hong Kong newt
- Paramesotriton labiatus (Unterstein, 1930)
- Paramesotriton longliensis Li, Tian, Gu, and Xiong, 2008
- Paramesotriton maolanensis Gu, Chen, Tian, Li, and Ran, 2012
- Paramesotriton qixilingensis Yan, Zhao, Jiang, Hou, He, Murphy, and Che, 2014
- Paramesotriton wulingensis Wang, Tian, and Gu, 2013
- Paramesotriton yunwuensis Wu, Jiang, and Hanken, 2010
- Paramesotriton zhijinensis Li, Tian, and Gu, 2008 — Zhijin warty newt
Intrinsic Phylogeny
Intrinsic phylogeny tree of genus Paramesotriton.[7]
