Balkan crested newt

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"Triturus arntzeni" redirects here. This is a synonym both for this species and for the
Macedonian crested newt
.

Balkan crested newt
Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Triturus
Species:
T. ivanbureschi
Binomial name
Triturus ivanbureschi
Arntzen & Wielstra, 2013
Synonyms[1]
  • Triton cristatus karelinii forma bureschi Wolterstorff, 1925
  • Triton cristatus karelini forma byzanthina Wolterstorff, 1923
  • Triturus karelinii arntzeni Litvinchuk, Borkin, Džukić and Kalezić 1999
  • Triturus (Triturus) karelinii arntzeni Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009
  • Triturus arntzeni Espregueira Themudo, Wielstra, and Arntzen, 2009

The Balkan crested newt or Buresch's crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) is a newt species of the crested newt species complex in genus Triturus, found in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia.[2]

It was originally described as a

Macedonian crested newt (T. macedonicus), the species was redescribed, with a new type specimen, as T. ivanbureschi in 2013. The species epithet was chosen in honour of Bulgarian herpetologist Ivan Buresh.[2]

Its distribution ranges from the Southeastern Balkan peninsula (Western

sibling species, which was described as Anatolian crested newt (T. anatolicus) in 2016.[5]

The Balkan crested newt

hybridises with the Anatolian crested newt at its eastern range end.[5] At the western and northern borders, it hybridises with the Macedonian crested newt, the Danube crested newt (T. dobrogicus), and the northern crested newt (T. cristatus).[6] The type specimen of "T. arntzeni" is in fact a hybrid between the Balkan and the Macedonian crested newt, so that this name is a synonym for both species.[7]

References

  1. ^ Frost DR. (2015). "Triturus ivanbureschi. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0". New York, USA: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
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    PMID 25243299. Open access icon
  3. ^ Litvinchuk, S.N.; Brokin, L.J.; Džukić, G.; Kalezić, M.L.; Khalturin, M.D.; Rosanov, J.M. (1999). "Taxonomic status of Triturus karelinii on the Balkans, with some comments about other crested newt taxa". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 6 (2): 153–163.
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    PMID 27394852. Open access icon
  6. ISSN 0024-4066. Open access icon
  7. PMID 24871018. Open access icon
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