Molecular data confirm the presence of the Southern Crested Newt Triturus karelinii (Strauch, 1870) in Anatolia
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Candan, K., Ilgaz, Ç., Kumlutaş, Y., Caynak, E.Y., & Gül, S. (2023). Molecular data confirm the presence of the Southern Crested Newt Triturus karelinii (Strauch, 1870) in Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East, 69(1), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2183634Özet
Two species of newts of the genus Triturus are known to occur in Turkiye: Triturus ivanbureschi Wielstra & Arntzen, 2013 and T. anatolicus Wielstra & Arntzen, 2016. Here, we used the mitochondrial ND4 gene as a genetic marker to determine the taxonomic position of a new population found in Posof, Ardahan, northeastern Anatolia. It was shown the population belongs to T. karelinii (Strauch, 1870), which is thus the third species of Triturus present in Turkiye.
