Paramesotriton yunwuensis Wu, Jiang, and Hanken, 2010

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

Paramesotriton yunwuensis Wu, Jiang, and Hanken, 2010, Zootaxa, 2494: 51. Holotype: CIB 97854, by original designation. Type locality: "pool along a montane stream (22° 37′ N, 111° 10′ E; 525 m elevation) near Nanchong village, Fuhe, Luoding city, Guangdong province, P. R. China".

Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) yunwuensis —  Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 162. 

English Names

Yunwu Warty Newt (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 118). 

Distribution

Montane streams of Yunwe Mountains, Luoding, Guangdong Province, China, 525 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

 Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 118–119, provided an account, photographs, and map. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 162–163, provided a brief account, range map, and photograph. Sparreboom, 2014, Salamanders Old World: 301–302, reviewed the biology, characteristics, distribution, reproduction, and conservation of the species. Fei and Ye, 2016, Amph. China, 1: 386–388, provided an account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 450–451, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).  

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