Anatolian crested newt
Anatolian crested newt | |
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Female (above) and male (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Triturus |
Species: | T. anatolicus
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Binomial name | |
Triturus anatolicus Wielstra & Arntzen 2016
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The Anatolian crested newt (Triturus anatolicus) is a species of
With its two closely related species, the Anatolian crested newt is more stockily built than the other crested newts, and reaches 10–13 cm in length. It is semiaquatic, spending most of the year on land and only returning to water for breeding. The species does not seem to be immediately threatened, although a formal IUCN Red List assessment has not been conducted yet.
Systematics and taxonomy
The Anatolian crested newt was described by Ben Wielstra and Jan Willem Arntzen in 2016.
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Position of the Anatolian crested newt in the phylogenetic tree of genus Triturus, as suggested by analysis of complete mitochondrial DNA.[3] |
Description
No morphological criteria are known to distinguish the Anatolian crested newt from the Balkan and the southern crested newt; the three are
Distribution and habitats
The species is
Behaviour and ecology
Like other Triturus species, the Anatolian crested newt initially develops in the water, but spends most of the year in shady habitats on land as an adult. It returns to breeding ponds every year, where males develop a conspicuous dorsal crests and court the females. Eggs are folded in leaves of water plants.[4]
Threats and conservation
The Anatolian and the Balkan crested newt, split only recently from the southern crested newt, have not yet gone through a
All crested newts are listed in the Bern Convention (appendix II) and the EU Habitats Directive (annex II and IV), which prohibit capture, disturbance, killing, trade, and destruction of habitats.[6][7]
This species was rediscovered in January of 2024.[8]
See also
References
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- ^ "Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats". Bern: Council of Europe. 1979. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^ Council directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (1992L0043). 1 January 2007. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^ "Nesli tehlike altındaki Anadolu şeritli semenderi tespit edildi". NTV (in Turkish). 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-21.