Neurergus munzurensis Olgun, Avcı, Bozkurt, Üzüm, Olgun, and Ilgaz, 2016

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

Neurergus strauchii munzurensis Olgun, Avcı, Bozkurt, Üzüm, Olgun, and Ilgaz, 2016, Russ. J. Herpetol., 23: 272. Holotype: Zoology Laboratory of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science and Arts, Adnan Menderes University unnumbered. Type locality: "20 km northeast of Tunceli Province, [Munzur Valley National Park,] Turkey". See comment. 

Neurergus munzurensis — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 405. 

English Names

Munzur Newt (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 405). 

Distribution

Munzur Valley National Park, 1003 m elevation, Tunceli Province, east-central Turkey. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Turkey

Endemic: Turkey

Comment

See comment under Neurergus strauchii for literature where this taxon was treated as a subspecies. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 405, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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