We discuss intrinsic and external mechanisms that may be contributing to fluorescence in the eggs, embryos, and larvae of salamanders. We also use previously published criteria to generate hypotheses about the potential ecological significance of fluorescence in the aquatic life history stages of salamanders. Leer más.
The species was identified phenotypically by the vertebral line of some individuals, which turned out to be an intrapopulationally polymorphic trait. A phylogenetic analysis with mitochondrial genes, including most of the species of the genus, showed that the discovered populations of A. vittatus are paraphyletic with respect to the only individual of A. neuquensis included. Leer más.
Here we predict the current suitability across the United Kingdom (UK) for the alpine newt Ichthyosaura alpestris, a species with a complex evolutionary history, a broad native range, a growing number of introduced populations and anecdotal reports of ecological consequences to native amphibian communities. Leer más.
The name Ptyodactylus bischoffsheimi is reinstated from the synonymy of P. puiseuxi for the northern species found in northwestern, central, and eastern Syria, and western Iraq. Because the current location of the type specimens described in 1893 are unaccounted for and because of previous taxonomic confusion, we assign for both species neotypes and provide updated redescriptions. Leer más.
Therefore, according to Article 12.2.5. ICZN, Ichthyosaura must be regarded as a nomen dubium. To resolve this uncertainty, we designate a topotypic larva of Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) as the neotype for Proteus tritonius Laurenti, 1768, rendering Laurenti’s name synonymous with the Fire Salamander. Consequently, the Alpine Newt must be named again Mesotriton alpestris (Bolkay, 1927). Leer más.
