Spot-tailed warty newt
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Paramesotriton |
Species: | P. caudopunctatus
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Binomial name | |
Paramesotriton caudopunctatus Liu & Hu, 1973
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The spot-tailed warty newt (Paramesotriton caudopunctatus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae only found in central China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Female spot-tailed warty newts reach a total length of 155 mm (6.1 in), males are slightly shorter.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Paramesotriton caudopunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T79101514A63867899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T79101514A63867899.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 46. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.