Schmidtler's smooth newt

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Schmidtler's smooth newt
Male during breeding season[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Lissotriton
Species:
L. schmidtleri
Binomial name
Lissotriton schmidtleri
(Raxworthy, 1988)[2]
range in the Balkans and in Anatolia; hatching indicates unclear contact zones with
L. vulgaris
Synonyms[3]
  • Triturus vulgaris schmidtleri Raxworthy, 1988
  • Triturus vulgaris schmidtlerorum Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000

Schmidtler's smooth newt (Lissotriton schmidtleri) is a

Bosphorus to northwest Anatolia.[1][4][5]: 234  Its range borders that of the smooth newt (L. vulgaris), the Greek smooth newt (L. graecus) and Kosswig's smooth newt (L. kosswigi) to the north, west, and east, respectively.[4]

Christopher Raxworthy described the species in 1988 as Triturus vulgaris schmidtleri, a subspecies of the smooth newt.[2] After genetic data had suggested the smooth newt was a complex of distinct lineages, Pabijan and colleagues recognised Schmidtler's smooth newt as distinct species in 2017.[6] This was followed by subsequent authors.[3][4]

The species differs from other species in the smooth newt species complex mainly in the male secondary characters during breeding season.[4] It is overall very similar to the smooth newt but rather small, with males reaching 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) length. The dorsal crest reaches 2 mm or more in height and is denticulated. The tail end is elongated but does not have a filament as in the neighbouring Kosswig's smooth newt. The body is slightly square-shaped but has no dorso-lateral folds. Toe flaps are only weakly developed.[2][5]: 234 

Paedomorphic adults have been reported for Schmidtler's smooth newt.[7]

The species's

IUCN. Since its range is much smaller than that of the smooth newt species complex as a whole, it is likely to be more vulnerable than previously estimated.[1][4]

References

  1. ^
    PMID 25829839
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  2. ^
    ISSN 0952-8369
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    doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Archived from the original
    on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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    S2CID 4941926. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 28 April 2019.
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    ISBN 9789004285620
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  6. PMID 28797693
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  7. doi:10.30906/1026-2296-2016-23-2-158-162 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link
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