Lissotriton italicus

Lissotriton italicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Lissotriton
Species: Lissotriton italicus

Name

Lissotriton italicus (Peracca, 1898)

Type locality: "Potenza" and "Potenza di Basilicata", southern Italy.

Lectotype: MZUT An590.

Synonyms

• Molge italica Peracca, 1898
• Triton italicus — Wolterstorff, 1912
• Molge italica molisana Altobello, 1926
• Triton (Palaeotriton) italicus — Bolkay, 1928
• Triturus italicus — Mertens & Müller, 1928
• Triturus (Palaeotriton) italicus — Bolkay, 1928
• Triturus vulgaris italicus — Mertens & Wermuth, 1960
• Triturus italicus — Hellmich, 1962
• Triturus (Palaeotriton) italicus — MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990
• Lissotriton italicus — García-París, Montori & Herrero, 2004
• Lophinus italicus — Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin & Rosanov, 2005

References

Primary references

• Peracca, 1898, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, 13 (317): 1.
• García-París, M., Montori, A. & Herrero, P. 2004. Fauna Iberica, Vol. 24. Amphibia, Lissamphibia. Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científica. 639 p. ISBN 84-00-08292-3 Reference page. : 50.
• Macgregor, H.C., Sessions, S.K. & Arntzen, J.W. 1990. An integrative analysis of phylogenetic relationships among newts of the genus Triturus (family Salamandridae), using comparative biochemistry, cytogenetics and reproductive interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 3(5–6): 329–373. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1990.3050329.x Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Lissotriton italicus Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Lissotriton italicus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lissotriton italicus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 8 August 2008. (as Triturus italicus)

Vernacular names

• English: Italian Newt
• italiano: Tritone italiano
• Nederlands: Italiaanse watersalamander
• polski: Traszka włoska

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