Paramesotriton

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Paramesotriton
Species (17): P. aurantius – P. caudopunctatus – P. chinensis – P. chongqingensis – P. deloustali – P. fuzhongensis – P. guanxiensis – P. hongkongensis – P. labiatus – P. longliensis – P. malipoensis – P. maolanensis – P. qixilingensis – P. wulingensis – P. wumengshanensis – P. yunwuensis – P. zhijinensis

Name

Paramesotriton Chang, 1935: 95 [replacement name]

Type species: Mesotriton deloustali Bourret, 1934, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Mesotriton Bourret, 1934: 93 [preoccupied by Mesotriton Bolkay, 1927]
Trituroides Chang, 1935
Allomesotriton Freytag, 1983
Allomesotriton — Pang, Jiang & Hu, 1992

References

Primary references

Template:Chang, 1935

Additional references

Nishikawa, K., Goldschmidt, T., Hiruta, S. & Shimano, S. 2020. Taxonomic amendments of Southeast Asian newt species of the genera Pachytriton, Paramesotriton and Laotriton (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae) parasitized by water mites of the subgenus Lurchibates (Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae, Hygrobates). Zootaxa 4768(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.11 Reference page.
Pang, J., Jiang, Y. & Hu, Q. 1992. Systematic study on Chinese newt, genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae). Pp. 89-100 in: Jiang, Y. (ed.), Collected papers on herpetology. Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, Chengdu. [in Chinese]
Gu, X.-M., Wang, H., Chen, R.-R., Tian, Y.-Z. & Li, S. 2012. The phylogenetic relationships of Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) based on partial mitochondrial DNA gene sequences. Zootaxa 3150(1): 59–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3150.1.3 Reference page.
Yuan, Z-Y., Wu, Y-K., Zhou, J-J. & Che, J. 2016. A new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Fujian, southeastern China. Zootaxa 4205(6): 549–563. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.6.3. Reference page.
Luo, T., Wang, J.-J., Liao, M., Xiao, M.-Y., Deng, H.-Q., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2025. Description of a species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Guizhou, China, based on morphological and genomic evidence. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1933–1947. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.149144 Reference page.
Ma, Q., Li, S.-Z., Yang, X., Wan, L.-P., Ma, C.-C., Shi, S.-C. & Wang, Z.-J. 2025. Morphological and molecular evidence reveal a new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Chongqing, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 2207–2220. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.168621 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Warty Newts
日本語: コブイモリ属