Triturus karelinii

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Triturus
Species:
Subspecies: T. k. arntzeni – T. k. karelinii

Triturus karelinii (Strauch, 1870)

Type locality: "southern shore of the Caspian Sea in Persia (= Iran)".

Syntypes: ZISP 44-47.

• Triton karelinii Strauch, 1870
• Triton longipes Strauch, 1870
• Molge cristata var. karelinii — Boulenger, 1882
• Molge cristata var. longipes — Boulenger, 1882
• Triton cristatus var. karelinii — Dürigen, 1897
• Triton lobatus subsp. meridionalis Fatio, 1900
• Turanomolge mensbieri Nikolskii, 1918
• Triton cristatus karelini forma taurica Wolterstorff, 1923
• Triton cristatus karelini forma byzanthina Wolterstorff, 1923
• Triton cristatus karelinii forma bureschi Wolterstorff, 1925
• Triton (Neotriton) carnifex karelinii — Bolkay, 1927
• Triturus cristatus karelinii — Mertens & Müller, 1928
• Triturus cristatus karelinii forma rilaica Buresch & Zonkov, 1941
• Turanomolge menzbieri — Terentjev & Chernov, 1949
• Triturus cristatus carnifex var. albanicus Dely, 1959
• Triturus cristatus karelinii — Mertens & Wermut, 1960
• Triturus karelinii — Bucci-Innocenti, Ragghianti & Mancino, 1983
• Triturus (Triturus) karelinii — MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990
• Triturus karelinii karelinii — Litvinchuk, Borkin, Dzukic, Kalezic, Khalturin & Rosanov, 1999
• Triturus karelinii arntzeni Litvinchuk, Borkin, Dzukic & Kalezic In Litvinchuk, Borkin, Dzukic, Kalezic, Khalturin & Rosanov, 1999

• Strauch, 1870, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, 16: 42.
• Bucci-Innocenti, S., Ragghianti, M. & Mancino, G. 1983. Investigations of Karyology and Hybrids in Triturus boscai and T. vittatus, with a Reinterpretation of the Species Groups within Triturus (Caudata: Salamandridae). Copeia 1983(3): 662–672. DOI: 10.2307/1444330, JSTOR Reference page. 
• Macgregor, H.C., Sessions, S.K. & Arntzen, J.W. 1990. An integrative analysis of phylogenetic relationships among newts of the genus Triturus (family Salamandridae), using comparative biochemistry, cytogenetics and reproductive interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 3(5–6): 329–373. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1990.3050329.x Reference page. 
• Litvinchuk, S.N., Borkin, L.J., Džukić, G., Kalezić, M.L., Khalturin, M.D. & Rosanov, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic status of Triturus karelinii on the Balkans, with some comments about other crested newt taxa. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6: 153–163. ResearchGate Reference page. 

• 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 karelinii Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Triturus karelinii. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Triturus karelinii  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

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