Pachytriton

Pachytriton, also known as the paddle-tail newts or Chinese newts, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae.^[2][1] They are found in southeastern China.^[1]

Pachytriton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Salamandridae
Subfamily:	Pleurodelinae
Genus:	Pachytriton Boulenger, 1879
Type species
Triton brevipes Sauvage, 1877
Synonyms[1]
Pingia Chang, 1935

Species

There are ten species:^[1]

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 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