Pachytriton
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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Pleurodelinae |
| Genus: | Pachytriton Boulenger, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Triton brevipes Sauvage, 1877 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pingia Chang, 1935 | |
Species
There are ten species:[1]
- Pachytriton airobranchiatus Li, Yuan, Li, and Wu, 2018
- Pachytriton archospotus Shen, Shen, and Mo, 2008
- Pachytriton brevipes (Sauvage, 1876) — spotted paddle-tail newt
- Pachytriton changi Nishikawa, Matsui, and Jiang, 2012
- Pachytriton feii Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011
- Pachytriton granulosus Chang, 1933
- Pachytriton inexpectatus Nishikawa, Jiang, Matsui, and Mo, 2011
- Pachytriton moi Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011
- Pachytriton wuguanfui Yuan, Zhang, and Che, 2016
- Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012
References
- 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.
- Max Sparreboom (2011). "Pachytriton Boulenger, 1878". Salamanders of the Old World. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
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