Paramesotriton yunwuensis

The skin is covered with warts, and the V-shaped bulge on the occipital region is not obvious; there are no rib grooves, and there are warts on both sides of the head and back of the body. The warts on the sides of the body are larger and arranged in longitudinal rows extending to the front of the tail; there are horizontal stripes on the sides of the body, on the tail and on the abdomen; there are neck folds, and there are longitudinal stripes on the throat. The back is reddish brown or olive brown, and there are irregular orange-red or brown-yellow large patches on the ventral side, with brown-black edges.

Endemic to China, distributed in Guangdong (Nanchong Village, Fuhe Town, Luoding City).

Lives in mountainous areas at an altitude of about 525m. The area is densely covered with broad-leaved trees, but the streams are not covered by tree canopies. Adult salamanders live in mountain streams.

The cloud newt lives in ponds of various sizes in mountain streams, at an altitude of about 525m. The largest pond is 4m×4m, and the maximum water depth is about 3m. The bottom of the pond is covered with small stones and coarse gravel, and the bank of the pond is mostly granite. The stream flows slowly and the water temperature is low. There are dense broad-leaved trees around the stream, and the sky above the stream is not covered by tree canopies.

At noon, you can see the newt crawling on the bottom of the deep water pond, and at night, you can also find adult newts in the shallow pool.

During the breeding season, the rear half of the male's tail has a blue-gray vertical stripe, the anus is raised, the anus is long, and there are a few papillae on the inner wall. Females do not have this feature.

When alive, the back of the body is brown, and the abdomen has irregular, bright orange-red large patches, with no black mesh in the center of the patches. The skin is rough, the head is covered with scrofula, and there are larger scrofula on the back and sides of the body.