Triturus cristatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Triturus
Species: Triturus cristatus

Name

Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)

Type locality: "Nürnberg", Germany.
Holotype: Including specimens noted in "Aeta regia Parisina an. 1729, Tab. XV, fig. 1 cum fusa descriptione" and "Wurfbain Tab. II, Fig. 3. 3. cum bona etiam descriptione pag. 65".

Synonyms

Triton cristatus Laurenti, 1768: 39, 146.
Triton americanus Laurenti, 1768: 40
Lacerta americana — Houttuyn, 1782
Salamandra cristata — Houttuyn, 1782
Salamandra platyura Daubenton, 1784
Lacerta lacustris Blumenbach, 1788
Salamandra lati-caudata Bonnaterre, 1789
Lacerta lacustris Gmelin, 1789
Gecko palustris — Meyer, 1795
Salamandra pruinata Schneider, 1799
Lacerta triton Retzius, 1800
Lacerta porosa Retzius, 1800
Salamandra (Triton) cristata — Van der Hoeven, 1833
Triton bibronii Bell, 1839
Hemisalamandra cristata — Dugès, 1852
Triton asper Higginbottom, 1853
Triton blasii de Lisle, 1862
Triton cristatus var. icterica Reichenbach, 1865
Triton marmoratus var. blasii — Strauch, 1870
Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus — Fatio, 1872
Triton (Alethotriton) marmoratus — Fatio, 1872
Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus cuclocephalus Fatio, 1872
Molge cristata — Boulenger, 1882
Molge blasii — Boulenger, 1882
Triton trouessarti Peracca, 1886
Molge blasiusi — Bedriaga, 1897
Triton cristatus var. luteiventris Dürigen, 1897
Triton cristatus var. nigriventris Dürigen, 1897
Molge palustris var. olivacea Prazák, 1898
Molge palustris var. leydigi Prazák, 1898
Molge palustris var. sulfureo-gastra Prazák, 1898
Molge palustris var. icterica Prazák, 1898
Triton (Triton) cristatus — Wolterstorff, 1901
Triton (Triton) Blasii — Wolterstorff, 1901
Molge cristata var. flavigastra Fejérváry, 1909
Triturus cristatus — Dunn, 1918
Triturus cristatus cristatus — Mertens, 1923
Triton (Neotriton) blasii — Bolkay, 1927
Triton (Neotriton) cristatus cristatus — Bolkay, 1927
Triton intermedius Szeliga-Mierzeyewski & Ulasiewicz, 1931
Triturus palustris — Flower, 1933
Triturus cristatus — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935
Triturus (Triturus) cristatus — MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990: 329.

References

Primary references

Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Macgregor, H.C., Sessions, S.K. & Arntzen, J.W. 1990. An integrative analysis of phylogenetic relationships among newts of the genus Triturus (family Salamandridae), using comparative biochemistry, cytogenetics and reproductive interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 3(5–6): 329–373. DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1990.3050329.x Reference page.

Links

Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Triturus cristatus
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Triturus cristatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Triturus cristatus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Трытон грабеньчаты
català: Tritó crestat
čeština: Čolek velký
Cymraeg: Madfall ddŵr gribog
dansk: Stor vandsalamander
Deutsch: Nördlicher Kammmolch
English: Northern Crested Newt
español: Tritón crestado
suomi: Rupilisko
français: Triton crêté
Gaeilge: Earc cíorach mór
magyar: Közönséges tarajosgőte
Nederlands: Kamsalamander
norsk nynorsk: Storsalamander
norsk: Storsalamander
polski: Traszka grzebieniasta
português: Tritão-de-crista
svenska: Större vattensalamander
ไทย: นิวต์หงอนใหญ่, นิวต์หงอนเหนือ
Türkçe: Pürtüklü semender
中文: 大冠蠑螈

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