A preliminary comparison of cranial and external morphological variability of Southern Crested Newt (Triturus karelinii) from the Crimea and the Caucasus

• Veröffentlicht in: Збірник праць Зоологічного музею
• Datum: 2014
• ISSN: 0132-1102
• Hauptverfasser: Pysanets, Y., Kukushkin, O., Manuilova, O.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Національний Науково-природничий музей НАН України 2014
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/161240
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: A preliminary comparison of cranial and external morphological variability of Southern Crested Newt (Triturus karelinii) from the Crimea and the Caucasus / Y. Pysanets, O. Kukushkin, O. Manuilova // Збірник праць Зоологічного музею. — 2014. — Вип. 45. — С. 46-56. — Бібліогр.: 23 назв. — англ.

The Triturus karelinii group of crested newts comprises the eastern, central and western lineages that differ by mitochondrial DNA. The eastern lineage largely retains the ancestral cranium shape and is distributed throughout the Crimean Peninsula, the Caucasus Isthmus, and the Caspian Sea southern...