Pachytriton
Genus of amphibians
Pachytriton | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Subfamily: | Pleurodelinae |
Genus: | Pachytriton Boulenger, 1879 |
Type species | |
Triton brevipes Sauvage, 1877 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pingia Chang, 1935 |
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]
Species
There are ten species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Pachytriton airobranchiatus Li, Yuan, Li, and Wu, 2018 | Guangdong, China | |
Pachytriton archospotus Shen, Shen, and Mo, 2008 | Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, China | |
Pachytriton brevipes (Sauvage, 1876) — spotted paddle-tail newt | southeastern China | |
Pachytriton changi Nishikawa, Matsui, and Jiang, 2012 | Guangdong, China | |
Pachytriton feii Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011 | Anhui, and southeastern Henan, China | |
Pachytriton granulosus Chang, 1933 | Zhejiang, China | |
Pachytriton inexpectatus Nishikawa, Jiang, Matsui, and Mo, 2011 | Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces | |
Pachytriton moi Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011 | Guangxi, China | |
Pachytriton wuguanfui Yuan, Zhang, and Che, 2016 | Hunan and Guangxi in southern China | |
Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012 | Guangdong and Guangxi in southern China |
References
- ^ a b c d 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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Genera of newts (Pleurodelinae)
- Crocodile newts (Tylototriton)
- Fire belly newts (Cynops)
- Mountain newts (Echinotriton)
- Paddle-tail newts (Pachytriton)
- Warty newts (Paramesotriton)
- Eastern newts (Notophthalmus)
- Pacific newts (Taricha)
and West Asia
- Alpine newts (Ichthyosaura)
- Banded newts (Ommatotriton)
- Crested and marbled newts (Triturus)
- European brook newts (Calotriton)
- European mountain newts (Euproctus)
- Ribbed newts (Pleurodeles)
- Small-bodied newts (Lissotriton)
- Spotted newts (Neurergus)
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