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Ommatotriton nesterovi (Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin, and Rosanov, 2005)
Triturus ophryticus nesterovi Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin, and Rosanov, 2005, Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: 317. Holotype: ZISP 6185.1, by original designation. Type locality: "vicinity of the town Bolu (40° 42´ N, 31° 33´ E), Bolu Prov., Turkey".
Ommatotriton nesterovi—Bülbül and Kutrup, 2013, Animal Biol., 63: 297; van Riemsdijk, Arntzen, Bogaerts, Franzen, Litvinchuk, Olgun, and Wielstra, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 114: 73.
Common Names
Anatolian Banded Newt (Üzüm, Avcı, Olgun, Bülbül, Fahrbach, Litvinchuk, and Wielstra, 2019, Salamandra, 55: 132).
Nesterov's Banded Newt (Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 144).
Distribution
From the Kızılırmak Delta in Samsun Province, on the northern part of Anatolia west to the Sea of Marmara region near Subaşi, Türkiye.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Türkiye
Endemic: Türkiye
Comment
Comparison of skeletal muscle protein electrophoresis bands and vertebral counts of Ommatriton ophriticus ophryticus (now Ommatotriton ophryticus) and Ommatotrion ophryticus nesterovi (now Ommatotriton nesterovi) provided by Kutrup and Bülbül, 2011, Turkish J. Zool., 35: 579–584. First recognized as distinct from Ommatotriton ophryticus by Bülbül and Kutrup, 2013, Animal Biol., 63: 297–312, on the basis of morphometrics and 16s mtDNA. This study was much expanded, confirmed, and documented more precisely by van Riemsdijk, Arntzen, Bogaerts, Franzen, Litvinchuk, Olgun, and Wielstra, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 114: 73–81, on the basis of mt and nuDNA and dense geographic sampling. Üzüm, Avcı, Olgun, Bülbül, Fahrbach, Litvinchuk, and Wielstra, 2019, Salamandra, 55: 131–134, provided external morphological characters to distinguish this species from Ommatotriton ophryticus and Ommatotriton vittatus. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 144, for brief summary of identifying morphology and biology, a range map, as well as a photograph. van Riemsdijk, Arntzen, Babik, Bogaerts, Franzen, Kalaentzis, Litvinchuk, Olgun, Wijnands, and Wielstra, 2022, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 167 (107361): 1–9, reported on the phylogenetics and phylogeography. Yaşar, Çiçek, Mulder, and Tok, 2021, North-West. J. Zool., Romania, 17(e201512): 232–275, discussed and grid-mapped the range in Türkiye. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 390–391, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Kalaentzis, Arntzen, Avcı, van den Berg, Beukema, France, Olgun, van Riemsdijk, Üzüm, and de Visser, 2023, Ecol. Evol., 13(e10442): 1–10, detailed the narrow hybrid zone with Ommatotriton ophryticus in Samsun, Balıkesir, Ordu, and Guzeyali provinces, north-central Türkiye, and documented strong selection against hybrids. Altunışık and Altunişik, 2023, Biol. Bull., 50: 476–478, discussed the range and provided the easternmost record from Samsun, Türkiye.
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