Neurergus strauchii barani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Neurergus
Species: Neurergus strauchii
Subspecies: Neurergus strauchii barani

• Status:   junior subjective synonym  

Name

Neurergus strauchii barani Öz, 1994: 115

• Holotype: ZDEU 105/1992.
• Type locality: “Kubbe Mountain on the Malatya--Pütürge road..., approximately 40 km from Pütürge”, southeastern Anatolia, Türkiye.
• Synonymised with Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) by Koster et al. (2025: 7).

References

Primary references

• Öz, M. 1994. A new form of Neurergus strauchii (Urodela, Salamandridae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 18: 115–117.
• 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. 

Additional references

• Pasmans, F., Bogaerts, S., Woeltjes, T. & Carranza, S. 2006. Biogeography of Neurergus strauchii barani Öz, 1994, and N. s. strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) (Amphibia: Salamandridae) assessed using morphological and molecular data. Amphibia-Reptilia 27(2): 281–288. DOI: 10.1163/156853806777239878 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. 
• Kurnaz, M. & Şahin, M.K. 2021. A contribution to the biogeography and taxonomy of two Anatolian mountain brook newts, Neurergus barani and N. strauchii (Amphibia: Salamandridae) using ecological niche modeling. Turkish Journal of Zoology 45(1): 54–64. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-2007-37 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Baran's Newt