Lissotriton

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Lissotriton
Lissotriton vulgaris

(smooth newt)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Lissotriton
Bell, 1839[1]
Type species
Lissotriton vulgaris

Synonyms[1]
  • Geotriton Bonaparte, 1832
  • Lophinus Gray, 1850
  • Meinus Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2009
  • Meinus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Palaeotriton Bolkay, 1927
  • Palmitus Rafinesque, 1815

Lissotriton is a genus of

Asia Minor
. As most other newts, they are aquatic as larvae and during breeding time but live in terrestrial, humid environments over the rest of the season.

These rather small species used to be included in genus

paraphyletic.[1][2] In the following, the name Lissotriton, originally introduced by Thomas Bell in 1839, was reinstated for the small-bodied species related to the type species Lissotriton vulgaris (the smooth newt).[1][3]

Their exact phylogenetic placement within the newts (subfamily Pleurodelinae) is still uncertain.[1]

Species

Currently, ten species are listed in Amphibian Species of the World[1] – the rank of some of these as species or subspecies is however controversial:

  • Lissotriton boscai
     (Lataste, 1879) – Bosca's newt
  • Lissotriton graecus
     (Wolterstorff, 1906) – Greek newt
  • Lissotriton helveticus
     (Razoumovsky, 1789) – Palmate newt
  • Lissotriton italicus
     (Peracca, 1898) – Italian newt
  • Lissotriton kosswigi
     (Freytag, 1955)
  • Lissotriton lantzi
     (Wolterstorff, 1914) – Caucasian smooth newt
  • Lissotriton maltzani
     (Boettger, 1879)
  • Lissotriton montandoni
     (Boulenger, 1880) – Carpathian newt
  • Lissotriton schmidtleri
     (Raxworthy, 1988)
  • Lissotriton vulgaris
     (Linnaeus, 1758) – Smooth newt

Gallery

  • A swimming newt, with crest and bright colours
    Lissotriton vulgaris, male during breeding time
  • A newt larva with gills, fore- and hindlimbs beside a penny
    Lissotriton helveticus, larva
  • A newt held up by its tail, exposing the orange underside
    Lissotriton boscai, underside

Mate selection

Female

Lissotriton vulgaris in which female newts were paired sequentially with two males having different degrees of genetic relatedness to the female. It was found that the more genetically dissimilar male had a higher paternity share than the more related male.[4] Female choice may reflect an avoidance of inbreeding with related males that could lead to less fit progeny (inbreeding depression
).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Frost DR. (2019). "Lissotriton. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0". New York, USA: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  2. ISSN 1063-5157
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  3. ISBN 978-84-00-08292-5
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  4. PMID 17638673
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