Paramesotriton chinensis

Paramesotriton chinensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Paramesotriton
Species: Paramesotriton chinensis

Name

Paramesotriton chinensis (Gray, 1859)

Type locality: "River N. E. Coast of China, inland from Ningpo", China.

Syntypes: BM 1947.9.6.14-15.

Synonyms

• Cynops chinensis Gray, 1859
• Triton chinensis — Strauch, 1870
• Triton sinesis — Sauvage, 1876
• Molge sinensis — Boulenger, 1882
• Diemictylus sinensis — Stejneger, 1907
• Triturus sinensis — Dunn, 1918
• Triton (Cynops) chinensis — Wolterstorff, 1925
• Cynops chinensis — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935
• Trituroides chinensis — Chang, 1935
• Triturus sinensis boringi Herre, 1939
• Triturus chinensis — Pope & Boring, 1940
• Paramesotriton chinensis — Freytag, 1962
• Trituroides chinensis — Sichuan Biological Research Institute, 1977
• Paramesotriton chinensis chinensis — Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990
• Triturus sinensis boringae — Michels & Bauer, 2004

References

• Gray, 1859, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859: 229.
• Freytag, 1962, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 38: 451–459.
• 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 chinensis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Paramesotriton chinensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Paramesotriton chinensis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Warty Newt