Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: It is known only from small streams
and its terrestrial
habitat
is unknown. The area surrounding the streams is a dry canyon
, with open oak forest
and grassland. The species breeds
, and larval development takes place, in streams. It is considered to be susceptible to habitat disturbance.
List of Habitats:3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Urodela
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
()
- Sarasin, 1890
- Family:
Salamandridae
()
- Goldfuss, 1820
- Genus:
Neurergus
()
- Cope, 1862
- Specific name:
microspilotus
- (Nesterov, 1916)
- Scientific name: - Neurergus microspilotus (Nesterov, 1916)
- Specific name:
microspilotus
- (Nesterov, 1916)
- Genus:
Neurergus
(
- Family:
Salamandridae
(
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
(
- Order:
Urodela
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005
Similar Species
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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
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 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.
- Baloutchi, M. and Kami, H.G. 1995. Amphibians of Iran. Tehran University Publications, Tehran.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- 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.
- Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2003. Conservation and systematics of amphibians of Kermanshah Province. In: Abstracts of the 8th Nordic Herpetological Symposium. Nordic Herpetological Society, Lund, Sweden.
- Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2003. Ecology and conservation of the genus Neurergus (Caudata: Salamandridae) in the Zagros Mountains. FrogLog 56: 1-2.
- 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., Hwang, U., Tautz, D. and Veith, M. 2002. Monophyletic origin of the genus Neurergus within the Salamandridae: Evolution of adaptive types as a consequence of environmental changes. Amphibia-Reptilia 23(4): 419-431.
- Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d’Europe, d’Asia, et d’Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
Notes
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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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Kuzmin, S. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31110
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668377
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668377
- IUCN ID: 59451
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666704
