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Species of salamander

Laos warty newt
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Laotriton
Dubois [fr] and Raffaëlli, 2009
Species: L. laoensis
Binomial name
Laotriton laoensis
(Stuart [fr] and Papenfuss, 2002)
Synonyms

Paramesotriton laoensis Stuart & Papenfuss, 2002

The Laos warty newt (Laotriton laoensis) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found only in the Saysomboun Special Zone and Phou Kout District in Xiangkhouang Province, Laos. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rivers. In 2014, it is classed as Endangered.

Sometimes this newt is classified as Paramesotriton laoensis.

Since 1999, the population of this newt in the wild has been decimated by wildlife trading networks.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Laotriton laoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T59461A47152908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T59461A47152908.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Laotriton laoensis". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. Amphibiaweb - Laotriton
  5. Dubois, Alain; Jean Raffaëlli (2009). "A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela)" (PDF). Alytes. 26: 1–85.
  6. Stuart, B. L.; Papenfuss, T. J. (2002). "A new salamander of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Laos". Journal of Herpetology. 36 (2): 145–148. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0145:ANSOTG]2.0.CO;2.
  7. Hegarty, Stephanie (2012-03-20). "Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden?". BBC.

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Taxon identifiers
Laotriton laoensis
Paramesotriton laoensis


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