Mertensiella caucasica
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Mertensiella
Species: Mertensiella caucasica
Subspecies: M. c. caucasica – M. c. djanaschvilii
Name
Mertensiella caucasica (Waga, 1876)
Type locality: "altissimis montibus Caucasi, supra limites silvarum, in regione graminum" (= Grass zone above the forests on the higher elevations of the Caucasus Mountains.).
Holotype: MNHNP 6477.
Synonyms
- Exaeretus caucasicus Waga, 1876
- Salamandra caucasica — Boulenger, 1882
- Salamandra caucasia — Knoblauch, 1905
- Mertensiella caucasica — Wolterstorff, 1925
- Salamandra (Mertensiella) caucasica — Özeti, 1967
- Mertensiella caucasica caucasica — Tartarashvili & Bakradze, 1989
- Mertensiella caucasica djanaschvilii Tartarashvili & Bakradze, 1989
References
- Waga, 1876, Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris, Ser. 3, 4: 327.
- Özeti, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 287.
- Tartarashvili, R.V. & Bakradze, M.A. 1989. A new subspecies of salamander from western Georgia. Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia. Tbilisi 133: 177–179.
- Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Mertensiella caucasica Reference page.
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Mertensiella caucasica. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
- 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Mertensiella caucasica (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 10 August 2008.
Vernacular names
polski: Salamandra kaukaska