Lyciasalamandra

Lyciasalamandra luschani

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Lyciasalamandra
Species (7): L. antalyana – L. atifi – L. billae – L. fazilae – L. flavimembris – L. helverseni – L. luschani

Name

Lyciasalamandra Veith & Steinfartz, 2004: 71

Type species: Molge luschani Steindachner, 1891, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Veith, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2004. When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences—the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). Salamandra 40(1): 67–80. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Weisrock, D.W., Macey, J.R., Uğurtaş, I.H., Larson, A. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2001. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography among salamandrids of the "true" salamander clade: rapid branching of numerous highly divergent lineages in Mertensiella luschani associated with the rise of Anatolia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18(3): 434–448. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0905 Reference page.
Veith, M., Lipscher, E., Öz, M., Kiefer, A., Baran, İ., Polymeni, R.M. & Steinfartz, S. 2008. Cracking the nut: Geographical adjacency of sister taxa supports vicariance in a polytomic salamander clade in the absence of node support. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(3): 916–931. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.017 Reference page.
Göçmen, B. & Akman, B. 2012. Lyciasalamandra arikani n. sp. & L. yehudahi n. sp. (Amphibia: Salamandridae), two new Lycian salamanders from southwestern Anatolia. North-western Journal of Zoology 8(1): 181–194. PDF Reference page.
Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Kieren, S., Godmann, O. & Steinfartz, S. 2016. Seven at one blow: The origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event. Amphibia-Reptilia 37(4): 373–387. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003067 Reference page.
Veith, M., Göçmen, B., Sotiropoulos, K., Eleftherakos, K., Godmann, O., Lötters, S., Karış, M., Oğuz, A. & Ehl, S. 2020. Phylogeographic analyses point to long-term survival on the spot in micro-endemic Lycian salamanders. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0226326. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226326 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Lycian Salamanders

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