A newly found locality for the critically endangered Yellow Spotted Newt,Neurergus microspilotus(Nesterov, 1917) nourishes hope for its conservation
Autor: | Elnaz Najafi-Majd, Uğur Kaya |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Zdroj: | Zoology in the Middle East. 51:51-56 |
ISSN: | 2326-2680 0939-7140 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09397140.2010.10638440 |
Popis: | A new and significant extension to the known range of the Yellow Spotted Newt, Neurergus microspilotus (Nestorov, 1917), in the northwest of Iran is described. Two adults and two larvae of N. microspilotus were collected from a new locality near Mahabad in West Azerbaijan province. The species was found at an altitude of 1833 m a.s.l., which is higher than previously known sites. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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