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Paramesotriton longliensis Li, Tian, Gu, and Xiong, 2008

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

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Paramesotriton longliensis Li, Tian, Gu, and Xiong, 2008, Zool. Res., Kunming, 29: 313. Holotype: LTHC 0705015, by original designation. Type locality: Shuichang village, Longli County, Guizhou Province, 26°26´57.4N, 107°00´0.1E, China, 1142 m elevation.

Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) longliensis — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 49, 65.

Paramesotriton (Allomesotriton) longliensis — Gu, Wang, Chen, Tian, and Li, 2012, Zootaxa, 3150: 59.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known from the type locality (Shiuchang village, Longli County, Guizhou, China, 1142 m elevation) and from Shizilu village, Xianfeng county, Hubei, China.

Comment

Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1620-1625, provided an account , figures, and range map. Wu, Jiang, and Hanken, 2010, Zootaxa, 2494: 55-56, reported a population from near Shizilu village, Xianfeng county, Hubei, China. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 89, provided a brief account including photographs. Gu, Wang, Chen, Tian, and Li, 2012, Zootaxa, 3150: 59-68, transferred this species to Allomesotriton, the former Paramesotriton caudopunctatus group.

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