Neurergus strauchii

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Neurergus
Species: Neurergus strauchii

Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887)

• Lectotype: NHMW 15079. [designated by Schmidtler & Schmidtler (1970: 42)]
• Type locality: “Musch [=Mush] westlich vom WanSee [=Lake Van]”, eastern Anatolia, Türkiye.

• Molge strauchii Steindachner, 1887: 69 [original combination]
• Triton crocatus forma strauchi — Wolterstorff, 1926 [subsequent combination]
• Neurergus crocatus strauchii — Schmidt, 1939: 47 [subsequent combination]
• Triturus crocatus strauchii — Bodenheimer, 1944: 7 [subsequent combination]
• Neurergus strauchii — Schmidtler & Schmidtler, 1970: 41 [subsequent combination]
• Neurergus strauchii strauchii — Öz, 1994: 115 [subsequent combination]

• Neurergus strauchii barani Öz, 1994: 115 [synonymised by Koster et al. (2025: 7)]
• Neurergus strauchii munzurensis Olgun, Avcı, Bozkurt, Üzüm, Olgun & Ilgaz, 2016: 272 [synonymised by Koster et al. (2025: 7)]

• Steindachner, F. 1887. Über eine neue Molge-Art und eine Varietät von Homalophis Doriae Pet.. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 96: 69–72.
• Öz, M. 1994. A new form of Neurergus strauchii (Urodela, Salamandridae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 18: 115–117.
• Olgun, K., Avcı, A., Bozkurt, E., Üzüm, N., Olgun, H. & Ilgaz, Ç. 2016. A new subspecies of Anatolia Newt, Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) (Urodela: Salamandridae), from Tuncili, eastern Turkey. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 271–277. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2016-23-4-271-277 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Koster, S., Polanen, R., Avcı, A., Bogaerts, S., Bozkurt, E., Goudarzi, F., Hemami, M.-R., Olgun, K., Pasmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Üzüm, N., Visser, M., France, J., Theodoropoulos, A. & Wielstra, B. 2025. Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 211: 108386. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108386 Reference page. 

• Özdemir, N. Üzüm, N., Avcı, A. & Olgun, K. 2009. Phylogeny of Neurergus crocatus and Neurergus strauchii in Turkey based on morphological and molecular data. Herpetologica 65(3): 280–291. DOI: 10.1655/07-047R2.1 Reference page. 
• Hendrix, R., Fleck, J., Schneider, W., Schneider, C., Geller, D., Avcı, A., Olgun, K. & Steinfartz, S. 2014. First comprehensive insights into nuclear and mitochondrial DNA based population structure of Near east mountain brook newts (Salamandridae: genus Neurergus) suggest the resurrection of Neurergus derjugini. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 173–187. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002939 Reference page. 
• Rancilhac, L., Goudarzi, F., Gehara, M., Hemami, M.-R., Elmer, K.R., Vences, M. & Steinfartz, S. 2019. Phylogeny and species delimitation of near Eastern Neurergus newts (Salamandridae) based on genome-wide RADseq data analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133: 189–197. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.003 Reference page. 

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Neurergus strauchii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T149686691A149686856. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T149686691A149686856.en. Accessed on 26 June 2025.