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Triturus  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208240

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Triton Laurenti, 1768
  
    Molge Merrem, 1820
  
    Oiacurus Leuckart, 1821
  
    Molga Merrem, 1820
  
    Tritonella Swainson, 1839
  
    Hemisalamandra Dugès, 1852
  
    Petraponia Massalongo, 1853
  
    Pyronicia Gray, 1858
  
    Alethotriton Fatio, 1872
  
    Turanomolge Nikolskii, 1918
  
    Neotriton Bolkay, 1927
  
  Common Name(s): alpine newts [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderCaudata  – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders  
                            FamilySalamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 – Salamanders, Newts  
                               SubfamilyPleurodelinae Tschudi, 1838  
                                  GenusTriturus Rafinesque, 1815 – alpine newts  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesTriturus anatolicus Wielstra and Arntzen, 2016  
                                     SpeciesTriturus carnifex (Laurenti, 1768)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus dobrogicus (Kiritzescu, 1903)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus ivanbureschi Arntzen and Wielstra in Wielstra, Litvinchuk, Naumov, Tzankov and Arntzen, 2013  
                                     SpeciesTriturus karelinii (Strauch, 1870)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus macedonicus (Karaman, 1922)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus marmoratus (Latreille, 1800)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus pygmaeus (Wolterstorff, 1905)  
                                     SpeciesTriturus rudolfi Arntzen, 2024  
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Triturus   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Triturus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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