Triturus macedonicus

Triturus macedonicus

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: Triturus
Species: Triturus macedonicus

Name

Triturus macedonicus (Karaman, 1922)

• Holotype: Not stated.
• Type locality: “Ohrid”, Republic of Macedonia.

Combinations

• Molge karelinii var. macedonica Karaman, 1922: 280 [original combination]
• Triturus carnifex macedonicus Arntzen & Wallis, 1999 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Triturus macedonicus Arntzen, Themudo & Wielstra, 2007: 275 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Karaman, S. 1922. Beiträge zur Herpetologie von Mazedonien. Glasnik Naucni Casopis za Prirodne Nauke34: 278–299.
• Arntzen, J.W., Themudo, G.E. & Wielstra, B. 2007. The phylogeny of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies): nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters suggest a hard polytomy, in line with the paleogeography of the centre of origin. Contributions to Zoology 76: 261–278. [1]

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Triturus macedonicus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T88104000A89695495. Accessed on 16 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Macedonian Crested Newt