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Lyciasalamandra

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Lyciasalamandra is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are native to southwestern coast of Turkey and nearby Aegean Islands (Greece).[1] As of early 2018, all species in the genus are threatened.[2] The common name Lycian salamanders has been coined for them.[3]

Species

Lyciasalamandra contains seven recognized species:[1]

Molecular data suggest that some recently described species (Lyciasalamandra irfani,[4] Lyciasalamandra arikani, and Lyciasalamandra yehudahi[5]), which as of early 2018 are still listed by the AmphibiaWeb,[6] should be considered as subspecies of Lyciasalamandra billae.[3][7]

Reproduction

All Lyciasalamandra species are viviparous, as are four species of Salamandra.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Veith, Michael; Göçmen, Bayram; Sotiropoulos, Konstantinos; Kieren, Sarah; Godmann, Olaf; Steinfartz, Sebastian (2016). "Seven at one blow: the origin of major lineages of the viviparous Lycian salamanders (Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004) was triggered by a single paleo-historic event". Amphibia-Reptilia. 37 (4): 373–387. doi:10.1163/15685381-00003067. S2CID 53358254.
  4. ^ Göçmen, B.; Arikan, H. & Yalçinkaya (2011). "A new Lycian Salamander, threatened with extinction, from the Göynük Canyon (Antalya, Anatolia), Lyciasalamandra irfani n. sp. (Urodela: Salamandridae)" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 7 (1): 151–160.
  5. ^ Göçmen, B. & Akman, B. (2012). "Lyciasalamandra arikani n. sp. & L. yehudahi n. sp. (Amphibia: Salamandridae), two new Lycian salamanders from southwestern Anatolia" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 8 (1): 181–194.
  6. ^ "Salamandridae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Lyciasalamandra billae (Franzen and Klewen, 1987)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  8. ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 169.
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Lyciasalamandra: Brief Summary

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Lyciasalamandra is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are native to southwestern coast of Turkey and nearby Aegean Islands (Greece). As of early 2018, all species in the genus are threatened. The common name Lycian salamanders has been coined for them.

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