Neurergus crocatus

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater

Ecology: It breeds in montane streams (egg laying ) during the spring . Adults are known to leave the streams for surrounding areas after breeding, but the terrestrial habitat remains unknown. It is presumed that the adults occur under rocks and other cover during the winter.


List of Habitats:1.4Forest - Temperate 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Neurergus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. crocatus · N. crocatus crocatus · N. crocatus kaiseri · N. kaiseri · N. microspilotus · N. strauchi · N. strauchii · N. strauchii strauchii

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Further Reading

• Özeti, N. and Yilmaz, I. 1994. Türkiye amphibileri. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Kitaplar Serisi 151: 221.
• A geographic classification of Neotropical mammals. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. ENG url p. 632.
• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Anderson, S.C. 1963. Amphibians and reptiles from Iran. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 31(16): 417-498.
• Baloutchi, M. and Kami, H.G. 1995. Amphibians of Iran. Tehran University Publications, Tehran.
• Baran, I. and Öz, M. 1986. On the occurrence of Neurergus crocatus and N. strauchii in Southeast Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 1: 96-99.
• Baran, I. and Atatür, M.K. 1998. Turkish Herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles). Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment, Ankara.
• Baran, I. and Atatür, M.K. 1998. Turkish Herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles). Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment, Ankara.
• Baran, I. and Öz, M. 1986. On the occurrence of Neurergus crocatus and N. strauchii in Southeast Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 1: 96-99.
• Bird lice from the Tinamidae. Chicago, 1943. ENG url p. 397.
• Demirsoy, A. 1996. Tükiye Omurgalilari, Sürüngenler. Meteksen, Ankara.
• Demirsoy, A. 1996. Tükiye Omurgalilari, Sürüngenler. Meteksen, Ankara.
• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Khalaf, K.T. 1959. Reptiles of Iraq with some notes on the amphibians. Ministry of Education Iraq, Baghdad.
• Leviton, A.E., Anderson, S.C., Adler, K. and Minton, S.A. 1992. Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 27, p. 343.
• Schmidtler, J.F. 1994. Eine Übersicht neuerer Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen an der vorderasiatischen Molchgattung Neurergus Cope, 1862. Abhandlungen und Berichte für Naturkunde 17: 193-198.
• Schmidtler, J.F. 1994. Eine Übersicht neuerer Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen an der vorderasiatischen Molchgattung Neurergus Cope, 1862. Abhandlungen und Berichte für Naturkunde 17: 193-198.
• Schmidtler, J.J. and Schmidtler, J.F. 1975. Untersuchungen an westpersischen Bergbachmolchen der Gattung Neurergus (Caudata, Salamandridae). Salamandra 11(2): 84-98.
• Steinfartz, S. 1995. Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Neurergus crocatus und Neurergus strauchii barani. Salamandra 31(1): 15-32.
• Steinfartz, S., Hwang, U.W., Tautz, D., Öz, M. and Veith, M. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the salamandrid genus Neurergus: Evidence for an intrageneric switch of reproductive biology. Amphibia-Reptilia 23(4): 419-431.
• Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d'Europe, d'Asia, et d'Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
• Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d’Europe, d’Asia, et d’Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
• Özeti, N. and Yilmaz, I. 1994. Türkiye amphibileri. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Kitaplar Serisi 151: 221.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Papenfuss, T., Sparreboom, M., Ugurtas, I., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Kuzmin, S., Anderson, S., Eken, G., Kiliç, T. and Gem, E. 2004. Neurergus crocatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31108
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668375
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668375
• IUCN ID: 14734
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6407

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