| unmasking pachytriton labiatus (amphibia: urodela: salamandridae), with description of a new species of pachytriton from guangxi, china. | examination of the lectotype and paralectotypes of pachytriton labiatus ( unterstein, 1930 ) from southern china revealed that the specimens do not represent a member of pachytriton, but are identical with a newt of another genus, paramesotriton ermizhaoi wu et al., 2009 also described from southern china. we suggest that pac. labiatus should be transferred to paramesotriton as a senior synonym of par. ermizhaoi. we compared the morphology of the northeastern and southwestern groups of newts pre ... | 2011 | 21627456 |