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: 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 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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