Paramesotriton qixilingensis Yan, Zhao, Jiang, Hou, He, Murphy, and Che, 2014

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

Paramesotriton qixilingensis Yuan, Zhao, Jiang, Hou, He, Murphy, and Che, 2014, Asian Herpetol. Res., 5: 72. Holotype. KIZ 022289, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Shenyuan, Qixiling Nature Reserve, Yongxin county, Ji'an, Jiangxi, China (26.75° N, 114.17° E; elevation 194 m)".

English Names

Qixiling Warty Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 440).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in the Qixling Nature Reserve, Mount Shenyuan, Yongxin County, Ji'an, Jiangxi, China, 1924 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The sister taxon of Paramesotriton chinensis according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 440–441, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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