La salamandra di Licia, Lyciasalamandra luschani (Steindachner, 1891)

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Salamandra de Licía (Español - Spanish). Francese - Salamandre de Lycie. Inglese - Luschan's Salamander. Tedesco - Lykischer Salamander. Svezia - Lykisk salamander Finlandia - Okasalamanteri. Danimarca - Luschans salamander. Ungheria - Luschani 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.

Molge Luschani Steindachner, 1891, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Phys. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 100: 306. Sintipi: NHMW; Lectotipo designato da Eiselt, 1956, NHMW 15077, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 61: 101-103. Località tipo: "Tortukar (Dodurga-Assary)", Licia, sud est dell'Anatolia, Turchia.
Salamandra luschani Boulenger, 1892, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 9: 74.
Molge luschani Bedriaga, 1892, Congr. Internatl. Zool., Moscow, Part 1: 242.
Mertensiella luschani Wolterstorff, 1925, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 4: 244.
Mertensiella luschani luschani Pieper, 1963, Senckenb. Biol., 44: 446.
Salamandra (Mertensiella) luschani Özeti, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 287.
Mertensiella luschani Thorn, 1968, Salamand. Eur. Asie Afr. Nord: 182.
Mertensiella luschani finikensis Basoglu & Atatür, 1975, Istanbul Univ. Fen. Fak. Mec., Seri B, 40: 90. Olotipo: SZE 5/1976.7, per designazione originale Località tipo: "terreno collinoso al confine nord della città di Finike", sud ovest dell'Anatolia, Turchia.
Mertensiella luschani basoglui Baran & Atatür, 1980, Sci. Rep. Fac. Sci. Ege Univ., Izmir, 248: 4. Olotipo: SZE 24/1978-1, per designazione originale Località tipo: "Nadarlar Köyü-Kas (Antalya)", Anatolia, Turchia. In sinonimia con Mertensiella luschani helverseni da Moravec, 1997, in Böhme et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Bonn.: 284, non implicitamente accettabile per Veith & Steinfartz, 2004, Salamandra, 40: 76.
Salamandra luschani Weisrock, Macey, Ugurtas, Larson & Papenfuss, 2001, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 18: 434.
Lyciasalamandra luschani Veith & Steinfartz, 2004, Salamandra, 40: 71.

Sottospecie - Lyciasalamandra luschani basoglui diffusa nella piccola isola greca di Kastellorizo (= Megisti). L. luschani finikensis presente sulle coste turche prospicienti al Golfo di Finike.

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.

Baran, I. and Atatür, M.K. 1998. Turkish Herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles). Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment, Ankara.

Baran, I. and Ücüncü, S. 1994. The state of Mertensiella luschani in Turkey. Mertensiella 4: 33-40.

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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.

Özeti, N. and Yilmaz, I. 1994. Türkiye amphibileri. Ege Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Kitaplar Serisi 151: 221.