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{{Short description|Species of salamander}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Laos warty newt
| image =
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2014 |title=''Laotriton laoensis'' |volume=2014 |page=e.T59461A47152908 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T59461A47152908.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = <ref name="CITESAppendices">{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=14 January 2022|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| display_parents = 2
| genus = Laotriton
| parent_authority = {{interlanguage link|Alain Dubois|fr|lt=Dubois}} and Raffaëlli, 2009
| species = laoensis
| authority = ({{Interlanguage link|Bryan L. Stuart|fr|lt=Stuart}} and Papenfuss, 2002)
| synonyms = ''Paramesotriton laoensis'' <small>Stuart & Papenfuss, 2002</small><ref name=Frost/>
}}
The '''Laos warty newt''' ('''''Laotriton laoensis''''') is a species of [[salamander]] in the family [[Salamandridae]]. It is found only in the [[Xaisomboun Province|Saysomboun]] Special Zone and [[Phou Kout District]] in [[Xiangkhouang Province]], [[Laos]]. Its natural [[habitat]]s are subtropical or tropical dry [[shrubland]] and [[river]]s. In 2014, it is classed as [[Endangered]].
Sometimes this newt is classified as ''Paramesotriton laoensis''.<ref name=Amphibiaweb/><ref>{{Cite journal | volume = 26 | pages = 1–85 | last = Dubois | first = Alain |author2=Jean Raffaëlli  | title = A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela) | journal = Alytes | year = 2009 | url = http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/1201.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stuart | first1 = B. L. | last2 = Papenfuss | first2 = T. J. | title = A new salamander of the genus ''Paramesotriton'' (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Laos | journal = Journal of Herpetology | volume = 36 | issue = 2 | pages = 145–148| year = 2002 | doi = 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0145:ANSOTG]2.0.CO;2 }}</ref>
Since 1999, the population of this newt in the wild has been decimated by [[wildlife trading]] networks.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17386764 |title=Should the location of newly discovered species be hidden? |work=BBC  |date=2012-03-20 |last1=Hegarty |first1=Stephanie }}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Laotriton/Laotriton-laoensis |title=Laotriton laoensis  |last=Frost |first=Darrel R. |date=2019 |website=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA |access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=Amphibiaweb>[http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Laotriton&where-species=laoensis Amphibiaweb - Laotriton]</ref>
}}
==External links==
*[http://www.livingunderworld.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=545 Pictures]
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/14988266@N05/4261735443/ Picture]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWC9SKqMsZs Laotriton laoensis feeding]
*[http://science.naturalis.nl/hosted-sites/salamanders/salamanders-of-the-old-world/species-list/laotriton/laoensis Salamanders of the Old World - Laotriton laoensis]
*[http://news.mongabay.com/2011/1221-neme_stuart_herp_trade.html The dark side of new species discovery]
{{Taxonbar|from=Q22712558|from2=Q1945811}}
[[Category:Newts]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Laos]]
[[Category:Amphibians of Laos]]
[[Category:Endangered fauna of Asia]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2002]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Bryan Lynn Stuart]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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