Biology:Ichthyosaura
Ichthyosaura is a genus of newts in the family Salamandridae, found in Europe. The only extant species is the alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris), although two fossil species are also known.[1]
Taxonomy
"Ichthyosaura", Greek for "fish lizard", refers to a nymph-like creature in classical mythology.[2]
It contains one extant species: the alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris).[3] Two fossil species from the early-mid Miocene of Germany, Ichthyosaura wintershofi and Ichthyosaura randeckensis, have also been referred to this genus,[4][5] although the assignment of I. randeckensis has been challenged.[6] I. randeckensis is presently tentatively retained in Ichthyosaura.[1]
The alpine newt was long included in Triturus along with most other European newts. As this genus was found to contain several distinct evolutionary lineages, the alpine newt was split off as genus Mesotriton in 2004.[7] However, the name Ichthyosaura was published earlier and is now accepted as the valid genus name for the alpine newt, while Mesotriton is a junior synonym.[2]
Biology
The genus is gonochoric and reproduces sexually.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macaluso, Loredana; Mannion, Philip D.; Evans, Susan E.; Carnevale, Giorgio; Monti, Sara; Marchitelli, Domenico; Delfino, Massimo (2022). "Biogeographic history of Palearctic caudates revealed by a critical appraisal of their fossil record quality and spatio-temporal distribution" (in en). Royal Society Open Science 9 (11). doi:10.1098/rsos.220935. ISSN 2054-5703. PMID 36465678. Bibcode: 2022RSOS....920935M.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schmidtler, J.F. (2009). "Ichthyosaura, der neue Gattungsname für den Bergmolch – ein Lehrbeispiel in Sachen Nomenklatur" (in German, English). Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 16: 245–250. https://docplayer.org/25187160-Ichthyosaura-der-neue-gattungsname-fuer-den-bergmolch-ein-lehrbeispiel-in-sachen-nomenklatur.html.
- ↑ Frost, D.R. (2020). "Ichthyosaura Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1". New York, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Caudata/Salamandridae/Pleurodelinae/Ichthyosaura.
- ↑ Schoch, R.R.; Rasser, M.W. (2013). "A new salamandrid from the Miocene Randeck Maar, Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (1): 58–66. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.716113. Bibcode: 2013JVPal..33...58S.
- ↑ Sanchiz, B. (2012-01-01). "Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians". Graellsia. https://www.academia.edu/30177911.
- ↑ Beatty, B.L.; Marjanović, D.; Witzmann, F. (2015). "An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids". PLOS ONE 10 (9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137068. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 26421432. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1037068M.
- ↑ García-París, M.; Montori, A.; Herrero, P. (2004). Amphibia: Lissamphibia. Fauna Iberica. 24. Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. ISBN 84-00-08292-3.
- ↑ "Ichthyosaura alpestris (Laurenti 1768) - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/330758.
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