Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Salamandra funebris Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828, Résumé Herpetol. Hist. Nat. Rept.: 236. Type(s): Not stated or known to exist. Type locality: "Andalousie" = Andalucia. Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 642, Anonymous, 1962, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 19: 280. Nomen oblitum.

Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830, Isis von Oken, 23: 195. Syntypes: Not designated; RMNH 2379 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed, 1978, Zool. Meded., Leiden, 53: 103, who discussed the types. Type locality: "habitat in Hispania meridionali"; given as "Chiclana bei Cadiz, Südspanien" by Mertens and Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 2.

Triton costatus Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 308. Type(s): Not stated. Type locality: "Spanien". Synonymy by Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 68.

Salamandra major Gray In Cuvier, 1831, Animal Kingdom (Griffith), 9: 106. Type(s): BMNH, by original designation; but presumably now lost. Type locality: Gibraltar. Synonymy by Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 19; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 27.

Salamandra fenestrata Gray In Cuvier, 1831, Animal Kingdom (Griffith), 9: 106. Holotype: MNHNP, by original designation, but presumably now lost. Type locality: Gibraltar. Synonymy by Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 68.

Salamandra pleurodeles Schlegel, 1837, Abbild. Neuer Unvollst. Amph., 1: 122. Schlegel, 1840, Abbild. Neuer Unvollst. Amph., Atlas: pl. 39, fig. 2, 3. Substitute name for Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830.

Bradybates ventricosus Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 56, 91. Holotype: MHNN, by original designation. Type locality: "Hispania" = Spain. Synonymy by Lataste, 1879, Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, Ser. 4, 3: 113-118; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 24.

Pleurodeles waltlii — Waltl, 1839, Reise Tyrol, Thier. Andalusiens, 2: 29. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Pleurodeles waltelei — Schinz, 1840, Eur. Fauna, Rept. Fishe: 64. Spelling error.

Pleurodeles Watlii — Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 72. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Pleurodeles exasperatus Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 73. Type(s): Not stated; MNHNP 4662 considered holotype by Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 31. Type locality: unknown. Synonymy by Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 73.

Pleurodeles waltli — Wiedersheim, 1877, Morphol. Jahrb., 3: 465. Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 124. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Triturus (Triturus) waltli — Boulenger, 1878, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 3: 308.

Molge waltlii — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 27.

Triton pleurodelus Schulze, 1891, Jahresber. Abhandl. Naturwiss. Ver. Magdeburg, 1890: 170. Replacement name for Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1930.

Triton (Pleurodeles) waltlii — Wolterstorff, 1901, Feuille Jeunes Nat., Ser. 4, 31: 77.

Triton waltli — Gadow, 1901, Amphibia and Reptiles: 123.

Pleurodeles waltl — Dunn, 1918, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 62: 450. Wolterstorff and Herre, 1935, Arch. Naturgesch., Leipzig, N. F., 4: 224.

Pleurodeles (Pleurodeles) waltl — Risch, 1985, J. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc., N.S.,, 4: 141. Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 11.

English Names

Sharp-ribbed Salamander (Arnold and Burton, 1978, Field Guide Rept. Amph. Brit. Eur.: 38; Stumpel-Rienks, 1992, Ergänzungsband Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., Trivialnamen der Herpetofauna Eur.: 53).

Ribbed Salamander (Hellmich, 1962, Rept. Amph. Eur.: 39).

Ribbed Newt (Stumpel-Rienks, 1992, Ergänzungsband Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., Trivialnamen der Herpetofauna Eur.: 53).

Spanish Newt (Stumpel-Rienks, 1992, Ergänzungsband Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., Trivialnamen der Herpetofauna Eur.: 53).

Spanish Ribbed Newt (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 35).

Sharp-ribbed Newt (Martínez Rica, 1997, in Gasc et al. (eds.), Atlas Amph. Rept. Eur.: 62).

Iberian Ribbed Newt (Steward, 1969, Tailed Amph. Eur.: 39).

Distribution

Iberia, except for north and northeast; coastal plain of northern Morocco.

Comment

Frequently referred to incorrectly as Pleurodeles waltli. See account by Salvador, 1996, Smithson. Herpetol. Inform. Serv., 109: 5-7, for account of North African population. Thorn and Raffaëlli, 2000, Salamand. Ancien Monde: 209-217, provided an account. See also discussion of relevant literature and distribution by Martínez Rica, 1997, in Gasc et al. (eds.), Atlas Amph. Rept. Eur.: 62-63. Salvador and García-París, 1999, in Grossenbacher and Thiesmeier (eds.), Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., 4(1): 209-228, provided an extensive review of biology. Barbadillo-Escrivá, 1987, Guia INCAFO Anf. Rept. Peninsula Iberica: 95-100, provided an account for the Iberian populations. Obst in Engelmann, Fritzsche, Günther, and Obst, 1993, Lurche Kriechtiere Eur.: 76-78, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Montori, Llorente, Santos, and Carretero, 1997, in Pleguezuelos (ed.), Dist. Biogeogr. Anf. Rep. Esp. Portugal: 109-111, provided a brief account, photograph, and detailed map for Iberia. Batista, Harris, and Carretero, 2003, Herpetozoa, 16: 166-168, and Carranza and Arnold, 2004, Syst. Biodiversity, 1: 327-337, suggested that Pleurodeles waltl is composed of two genetically distinctive geographical groups: 1) one in southeastern and eastern Spain as well as in northern Morocco (where its presence they thought by Carranza and Arnold) might be due to human introduction); 2) Portugal and southwestern and central Spain. Llorente, Montori, Santos, and Carretero, 1995, Atlas Amf. Rept. Catalunya Andorra: 44-45, provided an account and detailed range map for Catalunya. Veith, Mayer, Samraoui, Donaire-Barroso, and Bogaerts, 2004, J. Biogeograph., 31: 159-171, reported on molecular phylogeography and relationships with Pleurodeles poireti. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 143-144, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 642. Nöllert and Nöllert, 1992, Die Amph. Eur.: 169-172, provided a brief account and polygon map for Europe. Rivera, Escoriza, Maluquer-Margalef, Arribas, and Carranza, 2011, Amf. Rept. Catalunya: 36-39, provided a brief account for northeastern Spain.

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