La salamandra dell'isola di Karpathos, Lyciasalamandra helverseni (Pieper, 1963)

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Salamandra de Licía (Español - Spanish). Francese - Salamandre de Lycie. Inglese - Helversen's Salamander. Tedesco - Lykischer Salamander. Svezia - Lykisk salamander Finlandia - Okasalamanteri. Danimarca - Helversen salamander. Olanda - Karpathossalamander. Ungheria - Helverseni szalamandra. Repubblica Ceca - Mertensiela turecká, Mlok turecký. Turchia - Kara semenderi.

Classificazione - Regno: Animalia. Sottoregno: Eumetazoa. Phylum: Chordata. Subphylum: Vertebrata. Superclasse: Gnathostomata. Classe: Amphibia. Sottoclasse: Lissamphibia. Ordine: Caudata. Famiglia: Salamandridae. Sottofamiglia: Salamandrinae. Genere: Lyciasalamandra.

Mertensiella luschani helverseni Pieper, 1963, Senckenb. Biol., 44: 442. Olotipo: SMF 59224, per designazione originale. Località tipo: "Pigadhia [= Pigádhia], Karpathos [Isola]", Grecia.
Lyciasalamandra helverseni Veith & Steinfartz, 2004, Salamandra, 40: 76.

Fonti bibliografiche principali - Gasc, J.-P. (ed.) 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europea Herpetologica & Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Bibliografia - Arnold, E.N. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.

Böhme, W, Grossenbacher, K. and Thiesmeier, B. 1999. Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, band 4/I:Schwanzlurche (Urodela). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Gasc, J.-P. (ed.) 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europea Herpetologica & Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Griffiths, R.A. 1996. Newts and Salamanders of Europe. Poyser Natural History, London.

Steinfartz, S. and Mutz, T. 1999. Mertensiella luschani (Steindachner, 1891) Lykischer Salamander, Kleinasiatischer Salamander. In: K.G. Grossenbacher & B. Thiesmeier (eds), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Schwanzlurche I (Hynobiidae, Proteidae, Plethodontidae, Salamandridae 1: Pleurodeles, Salamandrina, Euproctus, Chioglossa, Mertensiella), pp. 367-397. Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden.

Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d'Europe, d'Asia, et d'Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.

Veith, M. and Steinfartz, S. 2004. When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences - the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). Salamandra 40:: 67-80.

Veith, M., Baran, I., Godmann, O., Kiefer, A., Öz, M. and Tunç, M.R. 2001. A revision of population designation and geographic distribution of the Lycian Salamander Mertensiella luschani (Steindachner, 1891). Zoology in the Middle East 22: 67-82.

Veith, M., Steinfartz, S., Zardoya, R., Seitz, A. and Meyer, A. 1998. A molecular phylogeny of 'true' salamanders (family Salamandridae) and the evolution of terrestriality of reproductive modes. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 36: 7-16.

Weisrock, D.W., Macey, J.R., Ugurtas, I.H., Larson, A. and Papenfuss, T.J. 2001. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography among Salamandrids of the "true" salamander clade: rapid branching of numerous highly divergent lineages in Mertensiella luschani associated with the rise of Anatolia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18(3): 434-448.