Caucasian Salamander

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Caucasian Salamander
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Caudata Family: Salamandridae Genus: Mertensiella Species: M. caucasica
Binomial name
Mertensiella caucasica Waga, 1876

The Caucasian Salamander (Mertensiella caucasica) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Georgia and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Subspecies of Mertensiella caucasica

• Mertensiella caucasica caucasica (Waga, 1876)
• Mertensiella caucasica djanaschvilii (Tartarachvili et Bakradze, 1989)

[edit] References

• Papenfuss, T., Kuzmin, S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Tuniyev, B., Sparreboom, M., Ugurtas, I., Anderson, S., Eken, G., Kili�, T. & Gem, E. 2004. Mertensiella caucasica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• Michael Veith, Sebastian Steinfartz, 2004. When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences—the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). Salamandra 40, 67–80.