Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Salamandridae > Paramesotriton > Paramesotriton caudopunctatus

Paramesotriton caudopunctatus (spot-tailed warty newt)

Synonyms: Allomesotriton caudopunctatus; Trituroides caudopunctatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The spot-tailed warty newt (Paramesotriton caudopunctatus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family only found in central China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. Female spot-tailed warty newts reach a total length of 155 mm (6.1 in), males are slightly shorter.
View Wikipedia Record: Paramesotriton caudopunctatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.58
EDGE Score: 3.56
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (15.4 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Jian Nan subtropical evergreen forests China Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fanjingshan Nature Reserve V 86145 Guizhou, China  

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0