| Ommatotriton | |
|---|---|
| Southern banded newt (Ommatotriton vittatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Pleurodelinae |
| Genus: | Ommatotriton Gray, 1850 |
| Species | |
|
3 species (see text) | |
Ommatotriton or banded newts is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. The genus occurs in Western Asia and Caucasus. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Triturus.
Taxonomy
The genus contains three species:
- Ommatotriton nesterovi (Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin, and Rosanov, 2005)
- Ommatotriton ophryticus (Berthold, 1846) — northern banded newt
- Ommatotriton vittatus (Gray, 1835) — southern banded newt
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Ommatotriton Gray, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Salamandridae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
External links
- Media related to Ommatotriton at Wikimedia Commons
