Hynobius turkestanicus Nikolsky, 1910

Turkestanian salamander

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1909 or before (Martin et al., 2023)

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

Distribution

"between Pamir and Samarkand"

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Nikolskii, A. M. (1910 "1909"). [Une nouvelle especes d’amphibie a queue du Turquestan russe Hynobius turkestanicus n. sp.]. Trudy Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody pri Kharkovskom Universitete 43: 73, 76.

Other references:

Kuzmin, S.L. and Dunayev, E.A. 2000. On the problem of the type territory of the Turkestanian Salamander (Hynobius turkestanicus). Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union: 243-250.

Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]

Sergius Kuzmin, Vladimir Ishchenko, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov. (2004). Hynobius turkestanicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 November 2014.

Kuzmin, S.L., Lebedkina, N.S. and Borkin, L.J. 1995. The taxonomic position of Central Asian urodelans Hynobius turkestanicus and Turanomolge mensbieri. Zoologichesky Zhurnal: 92-105.

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