Triturus pygmaeus (Wolterstorff, 1905)
Triton marmoratus forma pygmaea Wolterstorff, 1905, C. R. Séances 6th Congr. Internatl. Zool., Berne, 1904: 260. Type(s): MM, destroyed in W.W.II, according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 102. Type locality: "Südspanien, um Cadix und Algeciras"; restricted to "Cadiz, Südspanien [= southern Spain]" by Mertens and Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 12.
Triturus marmoratus pygmaeus — Mertens and Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 12.
Triturus pygmaeus — García-París, Arano, and Herrero, 2001, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 15: 115.
Triturus (Pyronicia) pygmaeus — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 67.
English Names
Southern Marbled Newt (Steward, 1969, Tailed Amph. Eur.: 40; Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 42).
Distribution
Central-southwestern Spain and southern Portugal.
Comment
García-París, Arano, and Herrero, 2001, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 15: 115-126, discussed the lack of intergradation with Triturus marmoratus and considered this population a distinct species. Arnold, 2002, Rept. Amph. Eur., Ed. 2: 42, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See account by Herrero, Montori, and Arano, 2003, in Grossenbacher and Thiesmeier (eds.), Handbuch Rept. Amph. Eur., 4(IIA): 543-553. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 117-118, provided a brief account, map, and photograph. Espregueira Themudo and Arntzen, 2007, Herpetol. J., 17: 24-30, reported on genetic distinctiveness in parapatry with Triturus marmoratus. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 642-643. Wielstra and Arntzen, 2011, BMC Evol. Biol., 11(162): 1-8, reported ln the molecular phylogenetics of the species and its near relatives.
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