Lyciasalamandra helverseni (Pieper, 1963)
Mertensiella luschani helverseni Pieper, 1963, Senckenb. Biol., 44: 442. Holotype: SMF 59224, by original designation and according to Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 37. Type locality: "Pigadhia [= Pigádhia], Karpathos [Island]", Greece.
Lyciasalamandra helverseni — Veith and Steinfartz, 2004, Salamandra, 40: 76.
English Names
Helversen's Salamander (Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou, and Foufopoulos, 2008, Amph. Rept. Greece: 139).
Distribution
The Greek islands of Karpathos, Saria, and Kasos in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
Comment
Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou, and Foufopoulos, 2008, Amph. Rept. Greece: 139-142, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 603. Nöllert and Nöllert, 1992, Die Amph. Eur.: 167-169, provided a brief account (as Mertensiella luschani helverseni).
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