Paramesotriton caudopunctatus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Paramesotriton caudopunctatus (Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1973)

Type locality: "Fang-xiang, Lei-shan Hsien, Kweichow [= Guizhou], altitude 1158 m", China.

Holotype: CIB 63II0303.

Liu and Hu in Hu, Zhao, and Liu, 1973, Acta Zool. Sinica, 19: 160.
Freytag, 1983, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 39: 47.
Wang, C., Tian, Y.-Z. & Gu, X.-M. 2013. A new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata, Salamandridae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica 38(2): 388-397. [In Chinese, with English abstract] Abstract (in Chinese) and full article (PDF) on CNKI Reference page.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Paramesotriton caudopunctatus
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Paramesotriton caudopunctatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Paramesotriton caudopunctatus (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

English: Spotted Tail Warty Newt