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Genus of amphibians From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lyciasalamandra is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are native to southwestern coast of Turkey and nearby Aegean Islands (Greece).[1] As of early 2018, all species in the genus are threatened.[2] The common name Lycian salamanders has been coined for them.[3]
Lyciasalamandra | |
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Lyciasalamandra helverseni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Subfamily: | Salamandrinae |
Genus: | Lyciasalamandra Veith and Steinfartz, 2004 |
Lyciasalamandra contains seven recognized species:[1]
Molecular data suggest that some recently described species (Lyciasalamandra irfani,[4] Lyciasalamandra arikani, and Lyciasalamandra yehudahi[5]), which as of early 2018 are still listed by the AmphibiaWeb,[6] should be considered as subspecies of Lyciasalamandra billae.[3][7]
All Lyciasalamandra species are viviparous, as are four species of Salamandra.[8]
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