Neurergus kaiseri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Neurergus
Species:

Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952

Holotype: ZMUC 03184.
Type locality: “Shah Bazan, Luristan, Iran”, Zagros Mountains, 1200 meters, from 10 to 15 km south of the junction of the Ab-I-Cesar and Ab-I-Diz rivers.

Neurergus crocatus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952: 1 [original combination]
Neurergus kaiseri — Schmidtler & Schmidtler, 1970: 49 [subsequent combination]

Schmidt, K.P. 1952. Diagnoses of new amphibians and reptiles from Iran. Natural History Miscellanea 93: 1–2.
Schmidtler & Schmidtler, 1970, Senckenb. Biol., 51: 49.

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.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. IUCN: Neurergus kaiseri (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59450A49436271. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59450A49436271.en. Accessed on 26 June 2025.