Ommatotriton nesterovi (Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin & Rosanov, 2005)	family: Salamandridae subfamily: Pleurodelinae genus: Ommatotriton
Species Description: Litvinchuk SN, Zuiderwijk, A, Borkin LJ, Rosano JM 2005 Taxonomic status of Triturus vittatus (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in western Turkey: trunk vertebrae count, genome size and allozyme data. Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 305–323. Rank raised to full species by Bulbul U, Kutrup B 2013 Morphological and genetic variations of Ommatortiton in Turkey. Animal Biology 63: 297-312. Recognized as full species "for convenience" by van Riemsdijk I, Arntzen JW, Bogaerts S, Franzen M, Litvinchuk SN, Kurtulus O, Wielstra B 2017 The Near East as a cradle of biodiversity: a phylogeography of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton) reveals extensive inter- and intraspecific genetic differentiation. Molecular Phylogentics and Evolution http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.028

© 2007 Henk Wallays (1 of 5)	Conservation Status (definitions) IUCN Red List Status Account CITES No CITES Listing National Status None Regional Status None		View distribution map in BerkeleyMapper.

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Turkey

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