浙江省望东垟高山湿地发现橙脊瘰螈(有尾目:蝾螈科)

Paramesotriton aurantius(Caudata: Salamandridae) Found in Zhejiang Province

2017年2月14日,在浙江省丽水市景宁畲族自治县望东垟高山湿地省级自然保护区(28°11′51.72″N,119°49′2.28″E,1 100 m)采集到瘰螈标本5号,通过形态特征测量和描述初步鉴定为橙脊蝾螈(Paramesotriton aurantius),并利用线粒体COⅠ基因序列进行分子鉴定,所采标本鉴定为蝾螈科(Salamandridae)瘰螈属橙脊蝾螈。该物种为浙江省两栖纲新记录种。

Five warty newt specimens of the genus Paramesotriton were collected on 14th,February,2017 from Wangdongyang Mountain wetland provincial nature reserve,Jingning,Lishui,Zhejiang(28°11′51.72″N,119°49′2.28″E,1 100 m).It was preliminary identified as P.aurantius by measurement and morphological characteristics.Then further identification was conducted by mitochondrial COⅠgene sequence.The specimens were identified as Salamandridae P.aurantius.This species is new to Zhejiang Province.