Caucasian Salamander

Caucasian Salamander
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Mertensiella
Species:	M. caucasica
Binomial name
Mertensialla caucasica Waga, 1876

The Caucasian Salamander (Mertensiella caucasica) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Georgia and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. It is the only member of its genus, and is threatened by habitat loss.

Subspecies

• Mertensiella caucasica caucasica (Waga, 1876)
• Mertensiella caucasica djanaschvilii (Tartarachvili et Bakradze, 1989)

References

• Papenfuss, T., Kuzmin, S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Tuniyev, B., Sparreboom, M., Ugurtas, I., Anderson, S., Eken, G., Kili�, T. & Gem, E. 2004. Mertensiella caucasica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• Michael Veith, Sebastian Steinfartz, 2004. When non-monophyly results in taxonomic consequences—the case of Mertensiella within the Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela). Salamandra 40, 67–80.

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