Triturus

Triturus marmoratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Triturus
Species: T. anatolicus – T. carnifex – T. cristatus – T. dobrogicus – T. ivanbureschi – T. karelinii – T. macedonicus – T. marmoratus – T. pygmaeus

Name

Triturus Rafinesque, 1815

Type species: Triton cristatus Laurenti, 1768

Synonyms

• Triton Laurenti, 1768 [junior homonym]
• Triturus Rafinesque, 1815
• Molge Merrem, 1820
• Oiacurus Leuckart, 1821
• Molga — Boie, 1827
• Hemisalamandra Dugès, 1852
• Petraponia Massalongo, 1853
• Pyronicia Gray, 1858
• Alethotriton Fatio, 1872
• Triturus — Boulenger, 1878
• Turanomolge Nikolskii, 1918
• Neotriton Bolkay, 1927

References

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme. L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. (PDF) reference page , 78.
• Wielstra, B. & Arntzen, J.W. 2016. Description of a new species of crested newt, previously subsumed in Triturus ivanbureschi (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae). Zootaxa 4109 (1): 73–80. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.1.6. Full article (PDF) reference page 

Links

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Triturus access date 9 August 2008
• Wielstra, B. et al. 2013: A revised taxonomy of crested newts in the Triturus karelinii group (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3682 (3): 441–453. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.3.5 reference page 

Vernacular names

English: Large-bodied European newts
македонски: Мрморец
日本語: クシイモリ属
ไทย: นิวต์หางใบพาย

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