| Southern crested newt |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Amphibia |
| Order: |
Urodela |
| Family: |
Salamandridae |
| Genus: |
Triturus |
| Species: |
T. karelinii |
| Binomial name |
Triturus karelinii
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| Synonyms |
- Triton karelinii (Strauch, 1870)
- Triton longipes (Strauch, 1870)
- Molge cristata var. karelinii (Boulenger, 1882)
- Molge cristata var. longipes (Boulenger, 1882)
- Triton cristatus var. karelinii (Durigen, 1897)
- Triton lobatus spp. meridionalis (Fatio, 1900)
- Turanomolge mensbieri (Nikolskii, 1918)
- Molge karelinii var. macedonica (Karman, 1922)
- Triton cristatus karelinii forma taurica (Wolterstorff, 1923)
- Triton cristatus karelinii forma byzanthina (Wolterstroff, 1923)
- Triton cristatus karelinii forma bureschi (Wolterstorff, 1925)
- Triotn (Neotriton) carnifex karelinii (Bolkay, 1927)
- Triturus cristatus karelinii (Mertens & Muller, 1928)
- Triturus cristatus karelinii forma rilaica (Buresch & Zonkov, 1941)
- Turanomolge menzbieri (Terentjev & Chernov, 1949)
- Triturus cristatus carnifex var. albanicus (Dely, 1959)
- Triturus cristatus karelinii (Mertens & Wermuth, 1960)
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The southern crested newt (Triturus karelinii) is a terrestrial European newt. It is similar to the northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus) except larger and more robust.
In 2013, the Balkan-Anatolian crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) was separated from the southern crested newt, and in 2016, the Anatolian crested newt (Triturus anatolicus) was separated from T. ivanbureschi, henceforth just the Balkan crested newt.