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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species is found under stones
in humid areas of pine forest
.
Animals are found in areas of limestone and also close to rivers
.
It has been recorded close to villages, but does not occur in modified
habitats
(Avci, pers. comm.
, September 2008). The species is viviparous,
the female giving birth to one or two fully metamorphosed young after
a gestation period
of around one year.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
()
- Sarasin, 1890
- Family:
Salamandridae
()
- Goldfuss, 1820
- Subfamily:
Salamandrinae
()
- Genus:
Lyciasalamandra
()
- Veith & Steinfartz, 2004
- Specific name:
atifi
- (Baolu, 1967)
- Scientific name: - Lyciasalamandra atifi (Baolu, 1967)
- Specific name:
atifi
- (Baolu, 1967)
- Genus:
Lyciasalamandra
(
- Subfamily:
Salamandrinae
(
- Family:
Salamandridae
(
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This taxon
was formerly considered to be a subspecies
of Salamandra
lushchani. It has been elevated
to species level, and assigned
to the genus Lyciasalamandra, by Veith and Steinfartz (2004).
[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Lyciasalamandra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. luschani (Luschan's Salamander)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europea Herpetologica & Museum National dHistoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Arnold, E.N. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.
- Arnold, E.N. 2003. Reptiles and amphibians of Europe. Princeton University Press.
- Ba?o?lu, M. 1967. On a third form of Mertensiella luschani (Steindachner) (Amphibia, Salamandridae). Scientific Reports of the Faculty of Science of the Ege University in Bornova-Izmirr: 1-8.
- Baran, I. and Atatr, M.K. 1998. Turkish herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles). Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment, Ankara.
- Baran, I. and Ücnc, S. 1994. The state of Mertensiella luschani in Turkey. Mertensiella 4: 33-40.
- Baran, I. and cnc, S. 1994. The state of Mertensiella luschani in Turkey. Mertensiella: 33-40.
- Başoğlu, M. 1967. On a third form of Mertensiella luschani (Steindachner) (Amphibia, Salamandridae). Sci. Rep. Fac. Sci. Ege Univ. Bornova-Izmir 44: 1-8.
- Gasc, J.-P. (ed.) 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europea Herpetologica & Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Griffiths, R.A. 1996. Newts and Salamanders of Europe. Poyser Natural History, London.
- IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.1). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 June 2009).
- Olgun, K., Miaud, C. and Gautier, P. 2001. Age, growth and survivorship in the viviparous salamander Mertensiella luschani from southwestern Turkey. Canadian Journal of Zoology: 1559-1567.
- Steinfartz, S. and Mutz, T. 1999. Mertensiella luschani (Steindachner, 1891) Lykischer Salamander, Kleinasiatischer Salamander. In: Grossenbacher, K.G. and Thiesmeier, B. (eds), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Schwanzlurche I (Hynobiidae, Proteidae, Plethodontidae, Salamandridae 1: Pleurodeles, Salamandrina, Euproctus, Chioglossa, Mertensiella), pp. 367-397. Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden.
- Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d’Europe, d’Asia, et d’Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- Thorn, R. 1968. Les salamandres dEurope, dAsia, et dAfrique du Nord. ditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- Veith, M. and Steinfartz, S. 2004. When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences - the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). Salamandra: 67-80.
- Veith, M., Baran, I., Godmann, O., Kiefer, A., z, M. and Tun, M.R. 2001. A revision of population designation and geographic distribution of the Lycian Salamander Mertensiella luschani (Steindachner, 1891). Zoology in the Middle East: 67-82.
- Veith, M., Steinfartz, S., Zardoya, R., Seitz, A. and Meyer, A. 1998. A molecular phylogeny of true salamanders (family Salamandridae) and the evolution of terrestriality of reproductive modes. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research: 7-16.
- Weisrock, D.W., Macey, J.R., Ugurtas, I.H., Larson, A. and 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: 434-448.
- Özeti, N. and Yilmaz, I. 1994. Trkiye amphibileri. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakltesi Kitaplar Serisi 151: 221.
- zeti, N. and Yilmaz, I. 1994. Trkiye amphibileri. Ege niversitesi Fen Fakltesi Kitaplar Serisi: 221.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumluta?, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu, Varol Tok, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Pierre-André Crochet, Theodore Papenfuss, Max Sparreboom, Sergius Kuzmin, Steven Anderson, Mathieu Denoël 2009. Lyciasalamandra atifi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5980587
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-775924
- IUCN ID: 220636
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962776
Footnotes
- Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumluta?, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu, Varol Tok, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Pierre-André Crochet, Theodore Papenfuss, Max Sparreboom, Sergius Kuzmin, Steven Anderson, Mathieu Denoël 2009. Lyciasalamandra atifi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
