| Ommatotriton | |
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| Southern banded newt (Ommatotriton vittatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Pleurodelinae |
| Genus: | Ommatotriton Gray, 1850 |
| Species | |
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3 species (see text) | |
Ommatotriton or banded newts is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae.[1][2] The genus occurs in Western Asia and Caucasus. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Triturus.[1]
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Taxonomy
The genus contains three species:[1][2]
- Ommatotriton nesterovi (Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin, and Rosanov, 2005)
- Ommatotriton ophryticus (Berthold, 1846) — northern banded newt
- Ommatotriton vittatus (Gray, 1835) — southern banded newt
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Ommatotriton Gray, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Salamandridae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
External links
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