Neurergus Cope, 1862
Neurergus Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 343. Type species: Neurergus crocatus Cope, 1862, by monotypy.
Rhithrotriton Nesterov, 1916, Annu. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. Petrograd, 21: 1. Type species: Rhithrotriton derjugini Nesterov, 1916, by original designation. Synonymy by Nikolskii, 1918, Fauna Rossii, Zemnovodnye: 196.
Musergus Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 54. Type species: Molge strauchii Steindachner, 1888, by original designation. Coined as a subgenus of Neurergus.
English Names
Kurdistan Newts (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 35).
Distribution
Anatolian Turkey from Burdur in the west to Musch in the east; Kurdistan of northwestern Iran and northern Iraq; and the Zagros Mountains of Luristan, Iran.
Comment
Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 340-347, provided accounts. Steinfartz, Hwang, Tautz, Öz, and Veith, 2002, Amphibia-Reptilia, 23: 419-431, discussed phylogeny based on molecular evidence. Weisrock, Papenfuss, Macey, Litvinchuk, Polymeni, Ugurtas, Zhao, Jowkar, and Larson, 2006, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 41: 855-857, recovered Neurergus as the sister taxon of Ommatotriton. Steinfartz, Vicario, Arntzen, and Caccone, 2007, J. Exp. Zool., 308B: 139-142, suggested on the basis of DNA sequence evidence that Neurergus is the sister taxon of Ommatotriton. Özdemir, Üzüm, Avci, and Olgun, 2009, Herpetologica, 65: 280-291, reported on phylogeography of the species in Turkey.
Contained taxa
- Neurergus crocatus Cope, 1862
- Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916)
- Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952
- Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887)
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