Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Salamandridae > Paramesotriton > Paramesotriton guangxiensis

Paramesotriton guangxiensis (Guangxi Warty Newt)

Synonyms: Paramesotriton guanxiensis; Trituroides guangxiensis; Trituroides guanxiensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Guangxi warty newt (Paramesotriton guanxiensis) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family.It is found only in China: it is only known from Paiyangshan, Ningming County, in Guangxi Province.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss. Female Guangxi warty newts reach a total length of 134 mm (5.3 in), males are slightly longer.
View Wikipedia Record: Paramesotriton guangxiensis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Paramesotriton guangxiensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
65
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.58
EDGE Score: 4.95
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  5 inches (13.9 cm)
Litter Size [1]  115
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests China, Viet Nam Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Paiyangshan China

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Yes

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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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