Triturus pygmaeus

Triturus pygmaeus

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 pygmaeus

Name

Triturus pygmaeus (Wolterstorff, 1905)

Type locality: "Südspanien, um Cadix und Algeciras".

Holotype: MM, destroyed.

Synonyms

• Triton marmoratus forma pygmaea Wolterstorff, 1905
• Triturus marmoratus pygmaeus — Mertens & Müller, 1928
• Triturus pygmaeus — García-París, Arano & Herrero, 2001

References

• Wolterstorff, 1905, C. R. Séances 6th Congr. Internatl. Zool., Berne, 1904: 260.
• García-París, Arano, and Herrero, 2001, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 15: 115.
• 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 pygmaeus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Triturus pygmaeus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Triturus pygmaeus  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Pygmy Marbled Newt
português: Tritão-marmoreado-pigmeu