Again a new Paramesotriton

[markusA]

Paramesotriton ermizhaoi

http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/hanken/public_html/documents/Wu et al 2009 Zootaxa.pdf

 

[Mac Myers]

Very interesting. Thanks!

 

[eljorgo]

I´ve read that Henk breed these in the past when they were placed as Pachytriton C or D. I think, at laest by those (only pics of the species) they would really petter placed as a Pachytriton... They do not resemble Paramesotritons but do really much resemble pachytritons!.. Kind off weird...
Cheers,

 

[Azhael]

They really do look astonishingly like Pachytriton...
It´s kind of like a Paramesotriton/pachytriton hybrid...the head, belly, etc, are Pachytriton....but the vertebral ridge, the tail....are Paramesotriton...very weird!
Thanx for posting! It´s good to know they keep studying asian newts.

 

[FrogEyes]

I guess this thread should be updated too...

Now, not-so-new. This species is now Paramesotriton labiatus because specimens from the same location were originally named Pachytriton labiatus...but were not Pachytriton! Pachytriton from the same location have been redescribed as Pachytriton inexpectatus.

BioOne Online Journals - Unmasking Pachytriton labiatus (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae), with Description of a New Species of Pachytriton from Guangxi, China

 

[Niels D]

Interesting colours.