Neurergus strauchii munzurensis

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 munzurensis

• Status:   junior subjective synonym  

Name

Neurergus strauchii munzurensis Olgun, Avcı, Bozkurt, Üzüm, Olgun & Ilgaz, 2016: 272

• Holotype: ZMADU unnumbered, ♂, collected by Kurtuluş Olgun, Aziz Avcı, Emin Bozkurt and Hülya Olgun on 17 May 2015.
• Type locality: “20 km northeast of Tunceli Province, [Munzur Valley National Park,] Turkey”.
• Synonymised with Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) by Koster et al. (2025: 7).

References

Primary references

• Olgun, K., Avcı, A., Bozkurt, E., Üzüm, N., Olgun, H. & Ilgaz, Ç. 2016. A new subspecies of Anatolia Newt, Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) (Urodela: Salamandridae), from Tuncili, eastern Turkey. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 271–277. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2016-23-4-271-277 [nonfunctional] 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Bozkurt, E., Kurnaz, M., Avcı, A., Şahin, M.K., Üzüm, N. & Olgun, K. 2025. First evidence of the genetic structure of Neurergus strauchii munzurensis. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity 9(2): 152–161. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15511406 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Munzur Newt