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Pachytriton, also known as the paddle-tail newts or Chinese newts, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are found in southeastern China.

Species

Northeastern Paddle-tailed Newt

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderCaudata
  5. FamilySalamandridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations293
Observations recorded1,778

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
50
Family
Salamandridae
Collections
MVZ, UTA, ROM
Recorded in
China

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Pachytriton, also known as the paddle-tail newts or Chinese newts, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are found in southeastern China.

==Species== There are ten species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- | || Pachytriton airobranchiatus Li, Yuan, Li, and Wu, 2018 || Guangdong, China |- | || Pachytriton archospotus Shen, Shen, and Mo, 2008 || Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, China |- | || Pachytriton brevipes (Sauvage, 1876) — spotted paddle-tail newt|| southeastern China |- | || Pachytriton changi Nishikawa, Matsui, and Jiang, 2012|| Guangdong, China |- | |Pachytriton cheni (He, 2025) |Anhui, China |- | || Pachytriton feii Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011 || Anhui, and southeastern Henan, China |- | 120px || Pachytriton granulosus Chang, 1933 || Zhejiang, China |- | || Pachytriton inexpectatus Nishikawa, Jiang, Matsui, and Mo, 2011 || Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces |- | || Pachytriton moi Nishikawa, Jiang, and Matsui, 2011|| Guangxi, China |- | || Pachytriton wuguanfui Yuan, Zhang, and Che, 2016 || Hunan and Guangxi in southern China |- | || Pachytriton xanthospilos Wu, Wang, and Hanken, 2012 || Guangdong and Guangxi in southern China |- |}

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