Neurergus barani Öz, 1994

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Salamandridae > Subfamily: Pleurodelinae > Genus: Neurergus > Species: Neurergus barani

Neurergus strauchii barani Öz, 1994, Turkish J. Zool., 18: 115. Holotype: ZDEU 105/1992, by original designation. Type locality: "Kubbe Mountain on the Malatya--Pütürge road . . . ., approximately 40 km from Pütürge", southeastern Anatolia, Turkey.

Neurergus (Musergus) strauchii barani — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 66.

Neurergus baraniRancilhac, Goudarzi, Gehara, Hemami, Elmer, Vences, and Steinfartz, 2019, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 133: 189. 

Neurergus (Musergus) barani — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 403.

English Names

Baran's Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 403).

Distribution

Kubbe Mountain in Malatya to the west of the Euphrates river, southeastern Turkey, ca. 2000 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Turkey

Endemic: Turkey

Comment

Literature of Neurergus strauchii prior to the recognition of Neurergus barani may apply to this species as well. Özdemir, Üzüm, Avcı, and Olgun, 2009, Herpetologica, 65: 280-291, discussed phylogeography and suggested that Neurergus strauchii barani (now Neurergus barani) is not distinguishable from Neurergus strauchi., but see comments under Neurergus strauchii. Kurnaz and Şahin, 2021, Turkish J. Zool., 45: 54–64, provided a niche modeling analysis which further supported the recognition of this species, distinct from Neurergeus strauchiiRaffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 403–405, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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