Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Triton cristatus karelini forma byzanthina Wolterstorff, 1923, Bl. Aquar. Terrarienkd., Stuttgart, 34: 125. Holotype: Not stated, presumably MM and if so, destroyed in W.W.II. Type locality: "Konstantinople, europäische Seite des Bosporus", Turkey. Unavailable tetranominal.

Triton cristatus karelinii forma bureschi Wolterstorff, 1925, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 4: 256. Syntypes: MM, 3 specimens by original designation; destroyed in W.W.II according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 97. Type locality: "bei Sofia", Bulgaria; given as Pond in Prince Boris Garden, Sofia, Bulgaria, by Scharlinski, 1939, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 7: 37. Unavailable tetranominal.

Triturus cristatus carnifex var. albanicus Dely, 1959, Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Natl. Hungarici, 51: 445. Holotype: MNH 58.819.1 (no: cr 4), by original designation. Type locality: "Mali me Grope Stanet e Shen Merise (Albania)". Unavailable tetranominal.

Triturus karelinii arntzeni Litvinchuk, Borkin, Džukić, and Kalezic In Litvinchuk, Borkin, Džukić, Kalezić, Khalturin, and Rosanov, 1999, Russ. J. Herpetol., 6: 159. Holotype: ZISP 6121, by original designation. Type locality: "vicinity of the village Vrtovac (43° 25´ N, 22° 28´ E, UTM FP10), altitude 400 m above sea level", Serbia.

Triturus (Triturus) karelinii arntzeni — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 67.

Triturus arntzeni — Espregueira Themudo, Wielstra, and Arntzen, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 52: 328.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Central Serbia; eastern Macedonia to northeastern Bulgaria, European and northwestern Anatolian Turkey, and northeastern Greece.

Comment

Espregueira Themudo, Wielstra, and Arntzen, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 52: 321-328, noted that the contact zone with Triturus karelini is not well-understood and may be in European Turkey or in western Anatolia; the synonymy is therefore provisional. See comments under Triturus karelini. Wielstra, Espregueira Themudo, Güçlü, Olgun, Poyarkov, and Arntzen, 2010, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 56: 888-896, reported on the phylogeography of this species along with its sister taxon, Triturus karelinii, and supported its distinctiveness. Arntzen and Wielstra, 2010, Amphibia-Reptilia, 31: 311-322, discussed the taxonomic recognition of this species. Reviewed by Jehle, Thiesmeier, and Foster, 2011, The Crested Newt.: 1-152. Stojanov, Tzankov, and Naumov, 2011, Die Amph. Rept. Bulgariens: 110-119, provided a fairly detailed account (as Triturus karelini) and range map for Bulgaria. Wielstra and Arntzen, 2011, BMC Evol. Biol., 11(162): 1-8, reported ambiguously in the molecular phylogenetics of the species (as Triturus karelini "west") and its near relatives.

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