Pachytriton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Pachytriton
Boulenger, 1879
Type species
Triton brevipes
Sauvage, 1877
Synonyms[1]

Pingia Chang, 1935

Pachytriton, also known as the paddle-tail newts or Chinese newts, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae.[2][1] They are found in southeastern China.[1]

Species

There are ten species:[1]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Pachytriton airobranchiatus Li, Yuan, Li, and Wu, 2018Guangdong, China
Pachytriton archospotus Shen, Shen, and Mo, 2008Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, China
Pachytriton brevipes (Sauvage, 1876)spotted paddle-tail newtsoutheastern China
Pachytriton changi Nishikawa, Matsui, and Jiang, 2012Guangdong, China.
Pachytriton feii Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011Anhui, and southeastern Henan, China.
Pachytriton granulosus Chang, 1933Zhejiang, China.
Pachytriton inexpectatus Nishikawa, Jiang, Matsui, and Mo, 2011Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces
Pachytriton moi Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011Guangxi, China
Pachytriton wuguanfui Yuan, Zhang, and Che, 2016Hunan and Guangxi in southern China.
Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012Guangdong and Guangxi in southern China.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Pachytriton Boulenger, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. Max Sparreboom (2011). "Pachytriton Boulenger, 1878". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 6 January 2013.


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