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Issue: Vol. 4109 No. 1: 5 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.1.6
Page range: 73–80
Abstract views: 188
PDF downloaded: 130

Description of a new species of crested newt, previously subsumed in Triturus ivanbureschi (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae)

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN Sheffield, UK Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
gene flow introgression phylogeny Triturus anatolicus sp. nov. Triturus karelinii Amphibia

Abstract

Multilocus molecular data play a pivotal role in diagnosing cryptic species (i.e. genetically distinct but morphologically similar species). A multilocus phylogeographic survey has provided compelling evidence that Triturus ivanbureschi sensu lato comprises two distinct gene pools with restricted gene flow. We conclude that this taxon had better be treated as two distinct (albeit morphologically cryptic) species. The name T. ivanbureschi should be restricted to the western species, which is distributed in western Asiatic Turkey plus the south-eastern Balkan Peninsula. No name is as yet available for the eastern species, which is distributed in northern Asiatic Turkey. We propose the name T. anatolicus sp. nov. for the eastern species and provide a formal species description.

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