Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Triturus vulgaris kosswigi Freytag, 1955, Zool. Anz., 154: 195. Holotype: MM 481 n.F., according to Böhme, 1974, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 25: 172. Type locality: "Abant-See bei Bolu, 1300 meters Höhe, Nordanatolien", Turkey.

Lissotriton kosswigi — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 40.

Lissotriton (Lissotriton)(vulgaris) kosswigi — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 66.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Northwestern Turkey on the Black Sea Coast.

Comment

Basoglu and Özeti, 1973, Türkiye Amphibileri: 44-50, and Özeti and Yilmaz, 1994, Türkiye Amfibileri: 68-79, provided accounts for the Turkish populations (as Triturus vulgaris kosswigi and Triturus vulgaris schmidtleri). Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 40, discussed their reasoning for recognizing this as a species distinct from Lissotriton vulgaris. See comment under Lissotriton vulgaris.

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