Mertensiella caucasica caucasica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea 

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

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Mertensiella
Species: Mertensiella caucasica
Subspecies: Mertensiella caucasica caucasica

Name

Mertensiella caucasica 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
  • Mertensiella caucasica — Wolterstorff, 1925
  • Mertensiella caucasica caucasica — Tartarashvili & Bakradze, 1989

References

  • Waga, 1876, Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris, Ser. 3, 4: 327.
  • 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 caucasica Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Caucasian Salamander
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