Triturus macedonicus

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Triturus macedonicus
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male in "mating dress"
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Triturus
Species:
T. macedonicus
Binomial name
Triturus macedonicus
(Karaman, 1922)
Synonyms [2]
  • Molge karelinii var. macedonicaKaraman, 1922
  • Triturus carnifex macedonicusArntzen and Wallis, 1999
  • Triturus (Triturus) macedonicusDubois and Raffaëlli, 2009
  • Triturus cristatus carnifex var. albanicusDely, 1959
  • Triturus karelinii arntzeniLitvinchuk, Borkin, Džukić and Kalezić 1999
  • Triturus (Triturus) karelinii arntzeniDubois and Raffaëlli, 2009
  • Triturus arntzeniEspregueira Themudo, Wielstra, and Arntzen, 2009

Triturus macedonicus, the Macedonian crested newt, is a newt species of the crested newt species complex in genus Triturus, found in the Western Balkan peninsula (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, North Macedonia, north-western Greece and south-western Bulgaria [3] ).

To the North, its range borders that of the Danube crested newt and the Northern crested newt and to the East, that of the Balkan crested newt.

It was first described as a variety of Triturus karelinii , later considered a subspecies of Triturus carnifex , and was elevated to species rank following molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2007. [4]

Triturus arntzeni was considered a synonym of T. macedonicus, [5] but this name applies in fact to a hybrid between this species and the Balkan-Anatolian crested newt (T. ivanbureschi), and thus is a synonym of both species. [6]

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References

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