Triturus cristatus

Triturus cristatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia 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: Triturus cristatus

Name

Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)

Type locality: "Nürnberg", Germany.

Holotype: Including specimens noted in "Aeta regia Parisina an. 1729, Tab. XV, fig. 1 cum fusa descriptione" and "Wurfbain Tab. II, Fig. 3. 3. cum bona etiam descriptione pag. 65".

Synonyms

• Triton cristatus Laurenti, 1768
• Triton americanus Laurenti, 1768
• Lacerta americana — Houttuyn, 1782
• Salamandra cristata — Houttuyn, 1782
• Salamandra platyura Daubenton, 1784
• Lacerta lacustris Blumenbach, 1788
• Salamandra lati-caudata Bonnaterre, 1789
• Lacerta lacustris Gmelin, 1789
• Gecko palustris — Meyer, 1795
• Salamandra pruinata Schneider, 1799
• Lacerta triton Retzius, 1800
• Lacerta porosa Retzius, 1800
• Salamandra (Triton) cristata — Van der Hoeven, 1833
• Triton bibronii Bell, 1839
• Hemisalamandra cristata — Dugès, 1852
• Triton asper Higginbottom, 1853
• Triton blasii de Lisle, 1862
• Triton cristatus var. icterica Reichenbach, 1865
• Triton marmoratus var. blasii — Strauch, 1870
• Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus — Fatio, 1872
• Triton (Alethotriton) marmoratus — Fatio, 1872
• Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus cuclocephalus Fatio, 1872
• Molge cristata — Boulenger, 1882
• Molge blasii — Boulenger, 1882
• Triton trouessarti Peracca, 1886
• Molge blasiusi — Bedriaga, 1897
• Triton cristatus var. luteiventris Dürigen, 1897
• Triton cristatus var. nigriventris Dürigen, 1897
• Molge palustris var. olivacea Prazák, 1898
• Molge palustris var. leydigi Prazák, 1898
• Molge palustris var. sulfureo-gastra Prazák, 1898
• Molge palustris var. icterica Prazák, 1898
• Triton (Triton) cristatus — Wolterstorff, 1901
• Triton (Triton) Blasii — Wolterstorff, 1901
• Molge cristata var. flavigastra Fejérváry, 1909
• Triturus cristatus — Dunn, 1918
• Triturus cristatus cristatus — Mertens, 1923
• Triton (Neotriton) blasii — Bolkay, 1927
• Triton (Neotriton) cristatus cristatus — Bolkay, 1927
• Triton intermedius Szeliga-Mierzeyewksi & Ulasiewicz, 1931
• Triturus palustris — Flower, 1933
• Triturus cristatus — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935
• Triturus (Triturus) cristatus — MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990

References

• Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 39, 146.
• MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990, J. Evol. Biol., 3: 329.
• 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. Triturus cristatus

• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Triturus cristatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Triturus cristatus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Трытон грабеньчаты
čeština: Čolek velký
dansk: Stor vandsalamander
Deutsch: Nördlicher Kammmolch
English: Northern Crested Newt
español: Tritón crestado
français: Triton crêté
Nederlands: Kamsalamander
norsk: Storsalamander
norsk nynorsk: Storsalamander
polski: Traszka grzebieniasta
português: Tritão-de-crista
suomi: Rupilisko
svenska: Större vattensalamander
ไทย: นิวต์หงอนใหญ่, นิวต์หงอนเหนือ
Türkçe: Pürtüklü semender

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