Lyciasalamandra is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are native to southwestern coast of Turkey and nearby Aegean Islands (Greece).[1] As of early 2018, all species in the genus are threatened.[2] The common name Lycian salamanders has been coined for them.[3]
| Lyciasalamandra | |
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| Lyciasalamandra helverseni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Salamandrinae |
| Genus: | Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004 |
Species edit
Lyciasalamandra contains seven recognized species:[1]
- Lyciasalamandra antalyana (Basoglu and Baran, 1976)
- Lyciasalamandra atifi (Basoglu, 1967)
- Lyciasalamandra billae (Franzen and Klewen, 1987)
- Lyciasalamandra fazilae (Basoglu and Atatür, 1974)
- Lyciasalamandra flavimembris (Mutz and Steinfartz, 1995)
- Lyciasalamandra helverseni (Pieper, 1963)
- Lyciasalamandra luschani (Steindachner, 1891)
Molecular data suggest that some recently described species (Lyciasalamandra irfani,[4] Lyciasalamandra arikani, and Lyciasalamandra yehudahi[5]), which as of early 2018 are still listed by the AmphibiaWeb,[6] should be considered as subspecies of Lyciasalamandra billae.[3][7]
Reproduction edit
All Lyciasalamandra species are viviparous, as are four species of Salamandra.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b Veith, Michael; Göçmen, Bayram; Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos; Kieren, Sarah; Godmann, Olaf; Steinfartz, Sebastian (2016). "Seven at one blow: the origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event". Amphibia-Reptilia. 37 (4): 373–387. doi:10.1163/15685381-00003067. S2CID 53358254.
- ^ Göçmen, B.; Arikan, H. & Yalçinkaya (2011). "A new Lycian Salamander, threatened with extinction, from the Göynük Canyon (Antalya, Anatolia), Lyciasalamandra irfani n. sp. (Urodela: Salamandridae)" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 7 (1): 151–160.
- ^ Göçmen, B. & Akman, B. (2012). "Lyciasalamandra arikani n. sp. & L. yehudahi n. sp. (Amphibia: Salamandridae), two new Lycian salamanders from southwestern Anatolia" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 8 (1): 181–194.
- ^ "Salamandridae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Lyciasalamandra billae (Franzen and Klewen, 1987)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 169.
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