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Table 1 Systematics of the genus Triturus

From: Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling

Species

Authority

Marbled newts

 

Triturus marmoratus

(Latreille, 1800)

Triturus pygmaeus

(Wolterstorff, 1905)

Crested newts

 

Triturus cristatus

(Laurenti, 1768)

Triturus carnifex

(Laurenti, 1768)

Triturus macedonicus

(Karaman, 1922)

Triturus dobrogicus

(Kiritzescu, 1903)

Triturus karelinii *

(Strauch, 1870)

eastern species

 

central species

 

western species

 
  1. *The taxon traditionally referred to as T. karelinii actually comprises three distinct species for which the taxonomy still has to be worked out fully [22, 23]. For now these three species are referred to as the western, central and eastern T. karelinii species.
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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994