Mertensiella
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Mertensiella
Species (1): M. caucasica
Name
[edit]Mertensiella Wolterstorff 1925: 244 [nomen novum]
- Type species: Exaeretus caucasicus Waga, 1876, by monotypy.
Synonymy
[edit]- Exaeretus Waga, 1876: 327 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Exaeretus Fieber, 1864]
- Type species: Exaeretus caucasicus Waga, 1876, by monotypy.
- Salamandra (Mertensiella) — Özeti, 1967: 287 [treated as subgenus]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Wolterstorff, W. 1925. Katalog der Amphibien-Sammlung im Museum für Natur- und Heimatkunde. Erster Teil: Apoda, Caudata. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Museum für Natur- und Heimatkunde zu Magdeburg 4: 231–310.
Additional references
[edit]- Veith, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2004. When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences—the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). Salamandra 40(1): 67–80. PDF Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Caucasian Salamanders