Comparative phylogenetic study of host newts (Caudata: Salamandridae) and parasitic mites (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) in East and Southeast Asia

October 20, 2025

From extinction-causing microbes, such as the chytrid fungus, to trematodes known to cause limb deformities, frogs and salamanders host a wide diversity of parasites. In Asia, newts (Family Salamandridae) of the genera Pachytriton, Paramesotriton and Laotriton are hosts to parasitic water mites of…