Mertensiella

Mertensiella caucasica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Mertensiella
Species (1): M. caucasica

Name

Mertensiella Wolterstorff 1925: 244 [nomen novum]

• Type species: Exaeretus caucasicus Waga, 1876, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• 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

Primary references

• 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

• 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

English: Caucasian Salamanders