Lyciasalamandra

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
Lyciasalamandra helverseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Salamandrinae
Genus: Lyciasalamandra
Veith and Steinfartz, 2004

Species

Lyciasalamandra contains seven recognized species:[1]

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

All Lyciasalamandra species are viviparous, as are four species of Salamandra.[8]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Salamandridae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. 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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