Pachytriton

Pachytriton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Pachytriton
Boulenger, 1879
Type species
Triton brevipes
Sauvage, 1877
Synonyms[1]

Pingia Chang, 1935

Pachytriton, also known as the paddle-tail newts or Chinese newts, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae.[2][1] They are found in southeastern China.[1]

Species

There are ten species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Pachytriton airobranchiatus Li, Yuan, Li, and Wu, 2018 Guangdong, China
Pachytriton archospotus Shen, Shen, and Mo, 2008 Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, China
Pachytriton brevipes (Sauvage, 1876) — spotted paddle-tail newt southeastern China
Pachytriton changi Nishikawa, Matsui, and Jiang, 2012 Guangdong, China
Pachytriton feii Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011 Anhui, and southeastern Henan, China
Pachytriton granulosus Chang, 1933 Zhejiang, China
Pachytriton inexpectatus Nishikawa, Jiang, Matsui, and Mo, 2011 Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces
Pachytriton moi Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011 Guangxi, China
Pachytriton wuguanfui Yuan, Zhang, and Che, 2016 Hunan and Guangxi in southern China
Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012 Guangdong and Guangxi in southern China

References

  1. ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Pachytriton Boulenger, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ Max Sparreboom (2011). "Pachytriton Boulenger, 1878". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 6 January 2013.


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