Paramesotriton hongkongensis

Paramesotriton hongkongensis

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 hongkongensis

Name

Paramesotriton hongkongensis (Myers & Leviton, 1962)

Type locality: "a mountain stream, on the Peak, Hong Kong Island", China.

Holotype: CAS-SU 6378.

Synonyms

• Trituroides hongkongensis Myers & Leviton, 1962
• Paramesotriton hongkongensis — Freytag, 1962
• Paramesotriton chinensis hongkongensis — Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990

References

• Myers & Leviton, 1962, Occas. Pap. Div. Syst. Biol. Stanford Univ., 10 : 1.
• 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 hongkongensis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Paramesotriton hongkongensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Paramesotriton hongkongensis  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Hong Kong Newt
polski: Traszka hongkońska
русский: Гонконгский тритон
中文: 香港瘰螈,香港蠑螈