Neurergus derjugini microspilotus

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Neurergus
Species: Neurergus derjugini
Subspecies:

Neurergus derjugini microspilotus (Nesterov, 1916)

• Holotype: possibly ZISP.
• Type locality: “montibus Auromana” (= Avroman-Dagh), Balch, Iraq, and Tawale, Province Kurdistan, Iran.

• Rhithrotriton derjugini var. microspilotus Nesterov, 1916: 2 [original combination]
• Triton crocatus forma microspilota — Wolterstorff, 1926: 2 [subsequent combination]
• Triton crocatus microspilotus — Bolkay, 1927: 67 [subsequent combination]
• Neurergus crocatus microspilotus — Schmidt, 1939: 52 [subsequent combination]
• Triturus crocatus microspilotus — Bodenheimer, 1944: 7 [subsequent combination]
• Neurergus microspilotus — Schmidtler & Schmidtler, 1975: 93 [subsequent combination]
• Neurergus derjugini microspilotus — Schneider & Schneider, 2011: 3 [subsequent combination]

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

• 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.
• Hendrix, R., Fleck, J., Schneider, W., Schneider, C., Geller, D., Avcı, A., Olgun, K. & Steinfartz, S. 2014. First comprehensive insights into nuclear and mitochondrial DNA based population structure of Near east mountain brook newts (Salamandridae: genus Neurergus) suggest the resurrection of Neurergus derjugini. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 173–187. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002939 Reference page. 
• Vaissi, S., Parto, P. & Sharifi, M. 2017. Anatomical and histological study of the liver and pancreas of two closely related mountain newts Neurergus microspilotus and N. kaiseri (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae). Zoologia 34: 1-8. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.34.e13229 Reference page. 
• Rancilhac, L., Goudarzi, F., Gehara, M., Hemami, M.-R., Elmer, K.R., Vences, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2019. Phylogeny and species delimitation of near Eastern Neurergus newts (Salamandridae) based on genome-wide RADseq data analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 189–197. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.003 Reference page. 
• Koster, S., Polanen, R., Avcı, A., Bogaerts, S., Bozkurt, E., Goudarzi, F., Hemami, M.-R., Olgun, K., Pasmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Üzüm, N., Visser, M., France, J., Theodoropoulos, A. & Wielstra, B. 2025. Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 211: 108386. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108386 Reference page.