Two New Paedomorphic Population Records of the Smooth Newt, Lissotriton vulgaris schmidtleri (Raxworthy, 1988) (Urodela, Salamandridae), from Western Turkey

Emin Bozkurt, Mehmet Tural, Gülderen Ulutaş, Nazan Üzüm, Kurtuluş Olgun

Abstract


Facultative paedomorphism is generally observed in newts of the Lissotriton vulgaris group. We document two new records of paedomorphism in L. v. schmidtleri from localities near Evciler and Bayramiç, in the vicinity of Çanakkale, Turkey. We compare measurements of four paedomorphic individuals from two localities with measurements taken from the literature.

Keywords


Lissotriton vulgaris schmidtleri; Smooth Newt; Paedomorphism; Çanakkale; Turkey

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2016-23-2-158-162

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