eastern Europe; Triturus; systematics; genome size; allozymes; morphology

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Litvinchuk S. N., Zuiderwijk A., Borkin L. J., and Rosanov J. M. (2005), «Taxonomic status of Triturus vittatus (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in western Turkey: trunk vertebrae count, genome size and allozyme data», Amphibia–Reptilia, 26(1), in press.