Subspecies
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(1) Lissotriton
vulgaris vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
(2) Lissotriton vulgaris ampelensis
(Fuhn, 1951)
(3) Lissotriton vulgaris borealis
(Kauri (in Gislen et Kauri), 1959)
(4) Lissotriton vulgaris dalmaticus
(Kolombatovic, 1907)
(5) Lissotriton vulgaris graecus
(Wolterstorff, 1906)
(6) Lissotriton vulgaris kosswigi
(Freytag, 1955)
(7) Lissotriton vulgaris lantzi
(Wolterstorff, 1914)
(8) Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis
(Boulenger, 1882)
(9) Lissotriton vulgaris
schmidtlerorum (Raxworthy, 1988)
(10) Lissotriton vulgaris schreiberi
(Wolterstorff, 1914)
The subspecies structure of the
present species is unclear and very
much debated. Most of the above taxa
are regarded as separate species by
many authors. However, I am more
conservative here and retain them as
subspecies of Lissotriton vulgaris,
except for Lissotriton italicus,
because most authors agree on a status
as a separate species. Only the
nominate form occurs in Germany.
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Synonyms
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Synonymy of
Lissotriton vulgaris vulgaris:
Lacerta vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Triton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Triton vulgaris vulgaris (Linnaeus,
1758)
Triturus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Triturus vulgaris vulgaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Molge vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Molge vulgaris vulgaris (Linnaeus,
1758)
Salamandra vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus,
1758)
Lissotriton vulgaris vulgaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Lophinus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pyronicia vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lacerta palustris Linnaeus, 1758
Triton palustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salamandra palustris (Linnaeus,
1758)
Molge palustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Triton parisinus Laurenti, 1768
Salamandra exigua Laurenti, 1768
Triton exiguus (Laurenti, 1768)
Gecko triton Meyer, 1795 (nec Retzius,
1800)
Gecko aquaticus Meyer, 1795
Triton aquaticus (Meyer, 1795)
Salamandra taeniata Schneider, 1799
Triton taeniatus (Schneider, 1799)
Lacerta taeniata (Schneider, 1799)
Molge taeniata (Schneider, 1799)
Salamandra abdominalis Latreille, 1800
Triton abdominalis (Latreille, 1800)
Salamandra punctata Latreille, 1800
Molge punctata (Latreille, 1800)
Triton punctatus (Latreille, 1800)
Lissotriton punctatus (Latreille,
1800)
Lophinus punctatus (Latreille, 1800)
Pyronicia punctata (Latreille, 1800)
Lacerta triton Retzius, 1800 (nec
Meyer, 1795) (partim; replacement name
for Triton parisinus and Triton
cristatus)
Salamandra elegans Daudin, 1803
Molge cinerea Merrem, 1820
Salamandra lacepedii Andrzejowski,
1832
Triton lobatus Otth (in Tschudi), 1838
Triton laevis Higginbottom, 1853
Triton palmatus Fatio, 1872
Triton vulgaris typica kammereri
Wolterstorff, 1907
Molge vulgaris kammereri
(Wolterstorff, 1907)
Gekko triedrus Schreiber, 1912
Triton intermedius
Szeliga-Mierzeyewski et Ulasiewicz,
1931 (name for a hybrid between male
Triturus cristatus and female
Lissotriton vulgaris) (nec
Kolombatovic, 1907, neque Fuhn, 1953)
Triton hoffmanni Szeliga-Mierzeyewski
et Ulasiewicz, 1931 (name for a hybrid
between Lissotriton montandoni and
Lissotriton vulgaris)
Triturus vulgaris tataiensis Dely,
1967
Triton vulgaris typica kammeri auct.
(misspelling)
Note: there is disagreement concerning
the correct genus name. The species is
not conspecific with Triturus
cristatus and therefore cannot be
placed in Triturus and has to be
placed in a separate genus. There are
a number of names that are discussed:
Lophinus, Meinus, Geotriton and
Lissotriton. There are additional
names, but these are significantly
younger and therefore cannot compete
for priority with the older names
listed above. Lophinus and Meinus have
been coined by Rafinesque
(1815), but without description
and without included species. The
identity of these names is therefore
unclear and they must be regarded as
nomina nuda that cannot be valid
names. Geotriton has been coined twice
by Bonaparte. The first instance is in
1832 (Bonaparte
1832), when he coined it as a
new subgenus for the nominal species
Salamandra exigua. The second instance
is in 1837 (Bonaparte
1837), when he coined it as a
new genus for the nominal species
Salamandra fusca. In addition to this
confusion of using the same name twice
at different levels and for different
types, both nominal species were
misidentified by Bonaparte.
Fortunately, instead of solving this
complicated nomenclatural problem, the
name Geotriton can simply be
disregarded, because its first use
(i.e. in 1832 with "Triton exiguus" as
type species) has been excluded from
nomenclature in Opinion 1866 by the International
Commission on Zoological
Nomenclature (1997) for the
purpose of priority, but not for the
purpose of homonymy. Thus, the name
Geotriton Bonaparte, 1832 is excluded
as the valid name by Opinion 1866 and,
in addition, is a senior homonym of
Geotriton Bonaparte, 1837. Thus, both
versions of Geotriton cannot be used
as the valid name for the genus. The
next name is Lissotriton Bell, 1839.
This name is the oldest available name
that is not preoccupied or repressed,
and therefore is the valid name for
the genus.
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