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.
| Laos warty newt | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Pleurodelinae |
| Genus: | Laotriton Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009 |
| Species: | L. laoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Laotriton laoensis (Stuart and Papenfuss, 2002)
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| Synonyms | |
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Paramesotriton laoensis Stuart & Papenfuss, 2002[3] | |
Sometimes this newt is classified as Paramesotriton laoensis.[4][5][6]
Since 1999, the population of this newt in the wild has been decimated by wildlife trading networks.[7]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Amphibiaweb - Laotriton
- ^ Dubois, Alain; Jean Raffaëlli (2009). "A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela)" (PDF). Alytes. 26: 1–85.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hegarty, Stephanie (2012-03-20). "Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden?". BBC.
External links edit
- Pictures
- Picture
- Laotriton laoensis feeding
- Salamanders of the Old World - Laotriton laoensis
- The dark side of new species discovery
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