Neurergus derjugini

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Neurergus derjugini
Shows a Kurdistan spotted newt with many bright yellow spots on a pitch black body among sparse vegetation and in crystal clear shallow water at the edge of a stream. The newt appears to have larger orange spots on its front arms.
Neurergus microspilotus in Kavat stream, near Ravansar city, Kermansah province, Iran.

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Neurergus
Species:
N. derjugini
Binomial name
Neurergus derjugini
( [ru], 1916)
Synonyms[2]
  • Neurergus microspilotus (Nesterov, 1916)
  • Rhithrotriton derjugini Nesterov, 1916
  • Rhithrotriton derjugini var. microspilotus Nesterov, 1916

Neurergus microspilotus, the Kurdistan newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found in areas of , Kurdistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rivers.

References[]

  1. ^ Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Kuzmin, S. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2006. Neurergus microspilotus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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