Mertensiella caucasica

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: Mertensiella
Species (1): M. caucasica

Name

Mertensiella Wolterstorff 1925: 244 [nomen novum]

Synonymy

  • Exaeretus Waga, 1876: 327 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Exaeretus Fieber, 1864]
  • Salamandra (Mertensiella) — Özeti, 1967: 287 [treated as subgenus]

References

Primary references

  • Wolterstorff, W. 1925. Katalog der Amphibien-Sammlung im Museum für Natur- und Heimatkunde. Erster Teil: Apoda, Caudata. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Museum für Natur- und Heimatkunde zu Magdeburg 4: 231–310.

Additional 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Caucasian Salamanders
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