A New Locality Record of Neurergus crocatus Cope, 1862 (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

İsmail Hakkı Uğurtaş, Murat Sevinç, Abdülmuttalip Akkaya, Çetin Ilgaz

Abstract


The new locality for Neurergus crocatus, one of the mountain brook newt species of the genus Neurergus, is recorded in the eastern Anatolia. The specimens captured from new locality were similar to N. crocatus specimens mentioned in the literature according to morphological data.

Keywords


Neurergus crocatus; new localities; distribution; Anatolia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2015-22-2-89-92

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