Chinese warty newt

{{Short description|Species of salamander}}

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| name = Chinese warty newt

| image = Paramesotriton-chinensis-newton.jpg

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Gu Huiqing, Geng Baorong, Yuan Zhigang |date=2004 |title=Paramesotriton chinensis |volume=2004 |page=e.T59457A11945154 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59457A11945154.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Paramesotriton

| species = chinensis

| authority = Gray, 1859

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The Chinese warty newt (Paramesotriton chinensis) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.

It is found only in China, with a range extending from Chongqing to Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi Provinces in Central China.[http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Paramesotriton/P_chinensis.shtml Caudata Culture Species Entry – Paramesotriton chinensis]. Caudata.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-02.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes.

It is not considered threatened by the IUCN. Female Chinese warty newts reach total length of {{convert|151|mm|abbr=on}}, males are slightly shorter.{{cite book |title=Atlas of Amphibians of China |last=Fei |first=L. |year=1999 |publisher=Henan Press of Science and Technology |location=Zhengzhou | language = Chinese |isbn=7-5349-1835-9 |page=48}}