Paramesotriton caudopunctatus (Liu and Hu, 1973)
Trituroides caudopunctatus Liu and Hu In Hu, Zhao, and Liu, 1973, Acta Zool. Sinica, 19: 160. Holotype: CIB 63II0303, by original designation. Type locality: "Fang-xiang, Lei-shan Hsien, Kweichow [= Guizhou], altitude 1158 m", China.
Paramesotriton caudopunctatus — Bischoff and Böhme, 1980, Salamandra, 16: 139.
Paramesotriton caudomaculatus Seidel, 1981, Aquarium, Minder, 15: 481. Syntypes: ZFMK; ZFMK 38536 designated lectotype by Böhme and Bischoff, 1984, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 19: 174. Type locality: Unknown. Synonymy by Böhme and Bischoff, 1984, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 19: 174.
Allomesotriton caudopunctatus — Freytag, 1983, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 39: 47.
Paramesotriton (Allomesotriton) caudopunctatus — Pang, Jiang, and Hu, 1992, in Jiang (ed.), Collect. Pap. Herpetol.: 89. Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 49.
English Names
Guizhou Warty Newt (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 35).
Spot-tailed Warty Newt (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 46).
Distribution
Southeastern Chongqing, southwestern Hunan, eastern Guizhou, and southern Guangxi (Fuchuan), China, 500-1800 m elevation.
Comment
Related to Paramesotriton chinensis (as Trituroides chinensis), according to the original publication. See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China 87; Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 46; and Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 334-336. Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 26, provided an account for population in Guangxi, China. The sole member of the Paramesotriton caudopunctatus group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 44 (although they only addressed Chinese species). Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2006, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 1: 295-301, provided an account for China. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 133-134, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 642. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 84, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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