Chinese Warty Newt

Chinese Warty Newt
Chinese Warty Newt
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Paramesotriton
Species: P. chinensis
Binomial name
Paramesotriton chinensis
Gray, 1859

The Chinese Warty Newt (Paramesotriton chinensis) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in China, with a range extending from Chongqing to Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi Provinces in Central China.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Paramesotriton/P_chinensis.shtml