What Pachytriton is this?

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There are 4 pictures of one Pachytriton individual at www.sammakkolampi.net/pachytriton. Pictures have been taken at different times and at different lightning contitions. But they all portray same individual. Animal is bought from a pet shop in Finland.

My question is: what species / type of Pachytriton is this?
 
I´m pretty sure it´s a Pachytriton labiatus. It looks like a rather normal labiatus except it lacks the dorsal red marks (which is not uncommon).
The taxonomy of this genus is a mess though, and there are many varieties yet to be formaly named.....perhaps someone with more knowledge with this genus can chime in and give you a better answer.
 
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With that spotting it sure looks like P. brevipes to me.
 
Doh...i missed the other three photos....being sleep deprived is not good...
The spotting certainly looks too heavy for a normal labiatus..it´s looks much more brevipes like.
Also, the bulging back part of the mandibles looks brevipes.
So, in short, i changed my mind xDDD I think Justin may be right.
 
I'll be the third on the Pachytriton brevipes opinion.:D
 
Although the new P. archospotus looks externally just like brevipes...

Chris
 
The head is too thin to be P. archospotus.
II would say that you have Pachytriton Sp A. ;-)
 
Might as well add my 2 cents, regardless of the date.
Pachytriton granulosus, which includes all the slender specimens from south of Shanghai, and also includes most of what's called "P.labiatus" as well as sp. A and sp. B.
 
Does not look like labiatus (too slender/thin and with spots) - i'd also go for "granulosus" but i'm not convinced to this species account (as the animal called Pingia granulosa was described on the base of juvenile labiatus), i use that name for all these Pachytriton sp. undescribed - A, B and rest.
 
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