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Lissotriton maltzani (Boettger, 1879)
Triton Maltzani Boettger, 1879, Z. Ges. Naturwiss., Berlin, 52: 521. Syntypes: SMF (2 specimens); Mertens, 1922, Senckenb. Biol., 4: 163, noted SMF 2018 as type, apparently in error of an invalid nomenclatural act; SMF 726 (formerly 2018c) considered holotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 38, also is an invalid act. Type locality: "Nahe des Wasserreservoirs ausserhalb dem Wasser im trockenen unter Steinen, bei Monchique in Algarve, Portugal".
Lissotriton maltzani — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 38.
Lissotriton (Meinus) maltzani — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 66.
Lissotriton boscai maltzani — Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 200. Undocumented taxonomic change.
Lissotriton maltzani — Speybroeck, Beukema, Dufresnes, Fritz, Jablonski, Lymberakis, Martínez-Solano, Razzetti, Vamberger, Vences, Vörös, and Crochet, 2020, Amphibia-Reptilia, 41: 145.
Common Names
Algarve Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 341).
Distribution
Southwestern Portugal.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Portugal
Endemic: Portugal
Comment
On the basis of the mtDNA tree of Martínez-Solano, Teixeira, Buckley, and García-París, 2006, Mol. Ecol., 15: 3375-3388, this taxon was removed from the synonymy of Lissotriton boscai by Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 38, where it had been placed by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 18. See comment under Lissotriton boscai, from which this species was recently recognized, for relevant literature. Speybroeck, Beukema, and Crochet, 2010, Zootaxa, 2492: 3, were hesitant to recognize Lissotriton maltzani distinct from Lissotriton boscai pending further study of possible transition zones. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 118, provided a brief account, photo, and map. Speybroeck, Beukema, Dufresnes, Fritz, Jablonski, Lymberakis, Martínez-Solano, Razzetti, Vamberger, Vences, Vörös, and Crochet, 2020, Amphibia-Reptilia, 41: 145, discussed the evidentiary basis for recognizing this taxon distinct from Lissotriton boscai. See comment under Lissotriton boscai for relevant literature. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 341–342, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Mars, Koster, Babik, France, Kalaentzis, Kazilas, Martínez-Solano, de Visser, and Wielstra, 2024 "2025", Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 204 (108282): 1–11, suggested that the Lissotriton boscai/Lissotriton maltzani complex requires substantial taxon sampling for the results are uncritically accepted.
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