Lyciasalamandra billae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Lyciasalamandra
Species: Lyciasalamandra billae
Subspecies (4): L. b. arikani – L. b. billae – L. b. irfani – L. b. yehudai

Name

Lyciasalamandra billae (Franzen & Klewen, 1987)

Type locality: "seewärts gerichteter Hang des Beydaglari circa 25 km südwestlich von Antalya" (= coastal slope of the Bay Mountains, 25 km southwest of Antalya), southern Turkey.

Holotype: ZFMK 45766.

Synonyms

• Mertensiella luschani billae Franzen & Klewen, 1987
• Lyciasalamandra billae — Veith & Steinfartz, 2004

References

• Franzen and Klewen, 1987, Salamandra, 23: 133.
• Veith and Steinfartz, 2004, Salamandra, 40: 76.
• 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. Lyciasalamandra billae
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Lyciasalamandra billae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lyciasalamandra billae  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 10 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bay Lycian Salamander