Paramesotriton guanxiensis (Huang, Tang, and Tang, 1983)
Trituroides guanxiensis Huang, Tang, and Tang, 1983, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 2 (2): 37. Holotype: FU 81501, by original designation. Type locality: "Paiyang shan, Mingjiang People's Commune, Ningming County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, altitude 478 m", China.
Paramesotriton guanxiensis — Zhao and Hu, 1984, Stud. Chinese Tailed Amph.: 10.
Paramesotriton guangxiensis — Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 28. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) guanxiensis — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 49, 65.
English Names
Guangxi Warty Newt (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 35; Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 50).
Guangxi Salamander (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 9).
Distribution
Type locality (Paiyangshan, Guangxi, China), ca. 470 m elevation; northeastern part of Cao Bang Province, Vietnam.
Comment
Related to Paramesotriton chinesis (as Trituroides chinensis) according to the original publication. See comment under Paramesotriton fuzhonensis. See accounts by Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China 91, Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 50; and Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 328-329. Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 28, provided an account (as Paramesotriton guangxiensis). Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 101, provided the Vietnam component of the range statement but did not cite voucher specimens. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 9, noted the Vietnamese locality as Nguyen Binh, Cao Bang. In the Paramesotriton chinensis group of Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 45 (although they only addressed Chinese species). Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2006, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 1: 310-313, provided an account and range map. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 131-132, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 605. Nguyn, Nguyn, H, Lê, and Nguyn, 2009, Tp chí Công ngh Sinh hc, 7: 325-333, discussed the species in Vietnam. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 88, provided a brief account including photographs.
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