Mertensiella caucasica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Mertensiella
Species: Mertensiella caucasica
Subspecies: M. c. caucasica - M. c. djanaschvilii

Name

Mertensiella caucasica (Waga, 1876)

Type locality: "altissimis montibus Caucasi, supra limites silvarum, in regione graminum" (= Grass zone above the forests on the higher elevations of the Caucasus Mountains.).

Holotype: MNHNP 6477.

Synonyms

• Exaeretus caucasicus Waga, 1876
• Salamandra caucasica — Boulenger, 1882
• Salamandra caucasia — Knoblauch, 1905
• Mertensiella caucasica — Wolterstorff, 1925
• Salamandra (Mertensiella) caucasica — Özeti, 1967
• Mertensiella caucasica caucasica — Tartarashvili & Bakradze, 1989
• Mertensiella caucasica djanaschvilii Tartarashvili & Bakradze, 1989

References

• Waga, 1876, Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris, Ser. 3, 4: 327.
• Özeti, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 287.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Mertensiella caucasica . Accessed on 10 August 2008.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Mertensiella caucasica. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Mertensiella caucasica (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 10 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Caucasian Salamander
Polski: Salamandra kaukaska