a uncertain Species of Paramesotriton

[Ingo]

Hello,

here are some pics from a new species of Paramesotriton.
They are looking a little bit like P. deloustali, but they aren`t.

Greetings Ingo v.

 

[Mark]

Hi Ingo, how do you know it's a new species? How is it distict from other Paramesotriton?

Mark

 

[Ingo]

Hi,

i got them from a importer here in Germany as Paramesotriton cf. deloustali.

Then i send pictures and a dead animal to the Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, they confirm my idee that this animals are a uncertain species.

In my opinion they looks different to other species of Paramensotriton.

Greetings Ingo V.

 

[Mark]

Well, there’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding deloustali/guanxiensis. Without proper genetic studies it seems impossible to say what is synonymous or a valid species. I for one hope it gets more simplified because I have trouble telling any of them apart .

 

[Ingo]

Hello Mark, at the Museum A. Koenig there is a Doctorant working on the determining of some uncertain species. The problem is, that a lot of animals were imported without any information about the place of collection. Greetings Ingo V.