Paramesotriton aurantius Yuan, Wu, Zhou, and Che, 2016

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

Paramesotriton aurantius Yuan, Wu, Zhou, and Che, 2016, Zootaxa, 4205: 556. Holotype: KIZ026210, by original designation. Type locality: "Jiulongjin, Zherong, Fujian Province, 27.20º N, 119.99º E, elevation 832 m", China. Zoobank publication registration: D7A88CFD-D21F-474E-9115-412EA82A9BE9

English Names

Fujian Warty Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 443).

Distribution

Fujian Province (Luoyan, Zherong, and Putian counties), China, 590 to 830 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

In the Paramesotriton chinensis group, and the sister taxon of Paramesotriton hongkongensis, according to the original publication. Zhong, Zhang, Zheng, Zhang, Ding, and Lin, 2021, MtDNA, Part B, 6: 428–429, reported on the complete mtDNA genome. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 443–444, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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