Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Luschan's Salamander
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is associated with rocky limestone outcrops, and is often found
in marquis scrub
or pine woodlands (and not in modified habitats
).
The species is viviparous, producing one or two fully metamorphosed
young; the gestation period
is about one year.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation [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
- 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:
luschani
- (Steindachner, 1891)
- Form:
genus Salamandra, this taxon was
assig
- Scientific name: - Lyciasalamandra luschani (Steindachner, 1891)
- Form:
genus Salamandra, this taxon was
assig
- Specific name:
luschani
- (Steindachner, 1891)
- 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
Formerly included
in the genus Salamandra, this taxon
was
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.
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- 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. ditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- 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.
- Petros Lymberakis, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumluta?, Aziz Avci, Nazan zm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu, Varol Tok, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Murat Sevin, Pierre-Andr Crochet, Theodore Papenfuss, Max Sparreboom, Sergius Kuzmin, Steven Anderson, Mathieu Denol 2009. Lyciasalamandra luschani. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-775929
- IUCN ID: 220641
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026272
Footnotes
- Petros Lymberakis, 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 luschani. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
