Neurergus derjugini

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: Neurergus
Species: Neurergus derjugini
Subspecies (2): N. d. derjugini – N. d. microspilotus

Name

Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916)

• Syntypes: ZISP, BMNH 1946.9.5.90–92 (formerly 1917.5.3.8–10).
• Type locality: “montibus Surkeu [=Surkev Mountains]”, Kurdistan, Iran.

Combinations

• Rhithrotriton derjugini Nesterov, 1916: 1 [original combination]
• Neurergus derjugini — Terentjev, 1930: 59 [subsequent combination]
• Triturus crocatus derjugini — Bodenheimer, 1944: 7 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Nesterov, P.V. 1916. [Three new forms of amphibians (Urodela) of Kurdistan]. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Petrograd 21: 1–30. (In Russian)

Additional references

• Schneider, C.J. & Schneider, W. 2011. Die Bergmolche der Gattung Neurergus im Irak. Herpetozoa 23: 3–20.
• Schneider, W. & Schneider, C.J. 2013. Beobachtungen zur Verbreitung der Bergbachmolche Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916), Neurergus microspilotus (Nesterov, 1916) und Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952 im Iran (Caudata: Salamandridae). Herpetozoa 26(1/2): 27-38.
• Hendrix, R., Fleck, J., Schneider, W., Schneider, C., Geller, D., Avcı, A., Olgun, K. & Steinfartz, S. 2014. First comprehensive insights into nuclear and mitochondrial DNA based population structure of Near east mountain brook newts (Salamandridae: genus Neurergus) suggest the resurrection of Neurergus derjugini. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 173–187. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002939 Reference page. 
• Rancilhac, L., Goudarzi, F., Gehara, M., Hemami, M.-R., Elmer, K.R., Vences, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2019. Phylogeny and species delimitation of near Eastern Neurergus newts (Salamandridae) based on genome-wide RADseq data analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 189–197. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.003 Reference page. 
• Koster, S., Polanen, R., Avcı, A., Bogaerts, S., Bozkurt, E., Goudarzi, F., Hemami, M.-R., Olgun, K., Pasmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Üzüm, N., Visser, M., France, J., Theodoropoulos, A. & Wielstra, B. 2025. Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 211: 108386. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108386 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Small-spotted Mountain Newt