Southern crested newt
The Asian crested newt (Triturus karelinii ), also Southern Crested Newt or Persian called crested newt, a salamander from the family of the Real salamander ( Salamandridae ). It belongs to the genus Triturus and species group of crested newts (Triturus cristatus "super species "). Until the 1980 's, he was treated as a subspecies of the then " single " crested newt Trirurus cristatus.
Features
Triturus karelinii is a tall, powerfully built crested newt with flat, wide head and long limbs. Are given maximum body lengths 18 to 19 centimeters. With regard to external characteristics, the species is particularly variable. The dorsal coloration ranges from olive green through brown to dark brown and is sometimes called his " bluish "; between them is darker, partly greenish stains found on the fine-grained granular skin. The sides have small white dots. The belly and throat are fitted with dark spots on an orange background. The females occasionally show an orange-brown dorsal line. Within the genus Triturus is similar to the Asian crested newt closest to the Alpine newt.
The water costume of the male is characterized by a moderately high, especially but less jagged dorsal crest, which also in contrast to the other comb newts ( see in particular: Northern Crested Newt ) on the tail sometimes barely interrupted enters the cutaneous rim of the rudder tail. In the country the dress back and tail combs are re-formed.
Dissemination
The nominate Triturus is karelinii karelinii according to present knowledge in the outer western Turkey ( near Izmir ), in the regions to the south and east coast of the Black Sea, the Caucasus (including Georgia ), on the southern Crimean ( there the only tailed amphibian ) and - apparently after a gap distribution in Armenia - in a strip south of the Caspian Sea native (southern Azerbaijan and Alborz Mountains in northern Iran to the town of Gorgan ).
Systematics and Taxonomy
One widespread in Southeast Europe alleged subspecies Triturus karelinii arntzeni was awarded by molecular genetic studies of the species status in 2009. 2013 was found, however, that this Balkan Crested Newt (Triturus arntzeni ) less than the Asian Macedonian Crested Newt (Triturus macedonicus ) is similar and overlap their distribution areas. The Balkan Crested Newt was therefore synonymised with the Macedonian Crested Newt.
Phylogenetic studies in the years 2010 and 2013 resulted in the division of the Asian crested newt in at least three groups that are geographically widely separated. This led in 2013 to a new division of the Art: Based in Bulgaria, northeastern Greece and western Turkey group was separated together with the living in northern Anatolia group as Triturus ivanbureschi ( Bureschs crested newt ). The spread in the Caucasus and Iran along the Caspian Sea Eastern group retained the name Triturus karelinii.
Species protection
Legal protection status (selection)
- Habitats Directive: Annexes II and IV (there are specially set up / Wildlife Areas strictly protected species )
- Federal Species Protection Ordinance ( BArtSchV ): specially protected