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Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Salamandridae > Subfamily: Pleurodelinae > Genus: Pachytriton

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Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012, Zootaxa, 3388: 8. Holotype: CIB 97902, by original designation. Type locality: "Mangshan National Forest Park, Mt. Mang, 24.93° N 112.97° E, elevation 1375 m, near the border between Hunan and Guangdong provinces, P. R. China".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Mountains of Hunan near the Guangdong border, China.

Comment

The sister taxon of Pachytriton feii + Pachytriton brevipes according to the original publication. See comment under Pachytriton changi.

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