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Lissotriton graecus (Wolterstorff, 1906)
Triton vulgaris graeca Wolterstorff, 1906, Zool. Anz., 29: 137. Syntypes: MM; destroyed in W.W.II. SMF 1038 (presumably exchanged from MM) designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 38. Type locality: "Korfu", Greece.
Triton vulgaris intermedia Kolombatovic, 1907, Glasn. Hrvatsk. Naravosl. Drustva, Zagreb, 19: 13. Holotype: Not stated or known to exist. Type locality: "Karakasika al nord di Sinj", Dalmatia, Croatia. Placed in this synonymy provisionally on the basis of geography (DRF).
Triton vulgaris graeca forma tomasinii Wolterstorff, 1908, Lacerta, 6: 23. Syntypes: MM, by original designation; destroyed in W.W.II according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 109. Type locality: "Teodo di Cattaro", Dalmatia, Croatia. Unavailable tetranominal.
Triton vulgaris graeca forma corcyrensis Wolterstorff, 1908, Lacerta, 6: 23. Syntypes: MM, by original designation; destroyed in W.W.II according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 109. Type locality: "Korfu" Island, Greece. Unavailable tetranominal.
Triton meridionalis var. graeca — Schreiber, 1912, Herpetol. Eur., Ed. 2: 82.
Triton vulgaris graeca — Wolterstorff, 1912, Bl. Aquar. Terrarienkd., Stuttgart, 23: 190.
Triton meridionalis var. graeca forma tomasinii — Schreiber, 1912, Herpetol. Eur., Ed. 2: 79.
Triton vulgaris forma schreiberi Wolterstorff, 1914, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 2: 371. Syntypes: MM (all except lectotype destroyed in WWII); MM 615 designated lectotype by Bischoff, 1977, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 28: 117-121. Type locality: "Bokanjacko blato, einem grossen Sumpf bei Zara", Croatia. Placed in this synonymy provisionally on the basis of geography (DRF).
Triton vulgaris forma schreiberi — Wolterstorff, 1925, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 4: 275.
Triton (Palaeotriton) vulgaris graecus — Bolkay, 1927, Glasn. Zemaljskog Muz. Bosni Hercegov., 39: 63. Bolkay, 1928, Z. Anat. Entwicklungesch., 86: 259.
Triturus vulgaris graecus — Mertens and Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 13.
Triturus vulgaris tomasinii — Mertens and Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 13. Mertens and Müller, 1940, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 451: 11.
Triturus vulgaris schreiberi — Mertens and Müller, 1940, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 451: 11.
Triturus meridionalis graeca — Bodenheimer, 1944, Istanbul Univ. Fen. Fak. Mec., Seri B, 9: 6.
Lissotriton graecus — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 40; Pabijan, Zieliński, Dudek, Stuglik, and Babik, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 116: 1; Wielstra, Canestrelli, Cvijanović, Denoël, Fijarczyk, Jablonski, Liana, Naumov, Olgun, Pabijan, Pezzarossa, Popgeorgiev, Salvi, Si, Sillero, Sotiropoulos, Zieliński, and Babik, 2018, Amphibia-Reptilia, 39: 252.
Lissotriton (Lissotriton) (vulgaris) graecus — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 66.
English Names
Greek Newt (Steward, 1969, Tailed Amph. Eur.: 40).
Schreiber's Smooth Newt (Steward, 1969, Tailed Amph. Eur.: 40).
Greek Smooth Newt (Wielstra, Canestrelli, Cvijanović, Denoël, Fijarczyk, Jablonski, Liana, Naumov, Olgun, Pabijan, Pezzarossa, Popgeorgiev, Salvi, Si, Sillero, Sotiropoulos, Zieliński, and Babik, 2018, Amphibia-Reptilia, 39: 254).
Distribution
Dalmatian coast of central Croatia, south through Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, southern Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Albania to and including most of Greece.
Comment
Razzetti, Andreone, Corti, and Sindaco, 2006, in Sindaco et al. (ed.), Atlas Ital. Amph. Rept.: 162, suggested that evidence provided by Pellarini and Lapini, 2000, Atti del I Congr. Naz. Soc. Herpetol. Italica, Torino, 1996, Atti del I Congr. Naz. della Soc. Herpetol. Italica, Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino: 347–351, suggested that Lissotriton vulgaris vulgaris and Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis may be distinct species. This was formalized by Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 39–40. Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou, and Foufopoulos, 2008, Amph. Rept. Greece: 151–154, provided an account for Greece (as Lissotriton vulgaris). Documented zone of intergradation/hybridization on the eastern part of its range with Lissotriton vulgaris; see comment under Lissotriton vulgaris. Speybroeck, Beukema, and Crochet, 2010, Zootaxa, 2492: 3, discussed the problematic nature of the evidence supporting recognition of this taxon and refrained from recognizing it as a species distinct from Lissotriton vulgaris in part based on an adherence to the biological species concept. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 122–123, provided a brief account, photo, and map. Wielstra, Canestrelli, Cvijanović, Denoël, Fijarczyk, Jablonski, Liana, Naumov, Olgun, Pabijan, Pezzarossa, Popgeorgiev, Salvi, Si, Sillero, Sotiropoulos, Zieliński, and Babik, 2018, Amphibia-Reptilia, 39: 252–259, reviewed the relevant taxonomic literature of the Lissotriton vulgaris complex and provided a range map, noting the narrow hybrid zone with Lissotriton vulgaris. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 123, for brief summary of identifying morphology and biology, a range map, as well as a photograph. See Speybroeck, Beukema, Dufresnes, Fritz, Jablonski, Lymberakis, Martínez-Solano, Razzetti, Vamberger, Vences, Vörös, and Crochet, 2020, Amphibia-Reptilia, 41: 144, for taxonomic comments.
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