Neurergus derjugini

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: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Neurergus
Species: Neurergus derjugini

Name

• Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916)

Syntypes: ZISP.

Type locality: “montibus Surkeu [=Surkev Mountains]”, Kurdistan, Iran.

Combinations

• Rhithrotriton derjugini Nesterov, 1916: 1 [original combination]
• Neurergus derjugini — Terentjev, 1930: 59 [subsequent combination]
• Triturus crocatus derjugini — Bodenheimer, 1944: 7 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

Synonyms

• Rhithrotriton derjugini var. microspilotus Nesterov, 1916: 2,5 [synonymized by Schneider & Schneider (2013: 33)]

Syntypes: possibly ZISP.

Type locality: “montibus Auromana [=Avroman-Dagh]”, Balch, Iraq, and Tawale, Province Kurdistan, Iran.

References

Primary references

• Nesterov, P.V. 1916. [Three new forms of amphibians (Urodela) of Kurdistan] (In Russian). Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Petrograd 21: 1–30.

Additional references

• Schneider, C.J. & Schneider, W. 2011. Die Bergmolche der Gattung Neurergus im Irak. Herpetozoa 23: 3–20.
• Schneider, W. & Schneider, C.J. 2013. Beobachtungen zur Verbreitung der Bergbachmolche Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916), Neurergus microspilotus (Nesterov, 1916) und Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952 im Iran (Caudata: Salamandridae). Herpetozoa 26(1/2): 27-38.

Vernacular names

English: Kurdistan Newt