Lyciasalamandra is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. They are native to southwestern coast of Turkey and nearby Aegean Islands (Greece). As of early 2018, all species in the genus are threatened. The common name Lycian salamanders has been coined for them.
Species Lyciasalamandra contains seven recognized species: Image Scientific name DistributionLyciasalamandra antalyana (Basoglu and Baran, 1976)Turkey. Lyciasalamandra atifi (Basoglu, 1967)Turkey. Lyciasalamandra billae (Franzen and Klewen, 1987)Turkey. Lyciasalamandra fazilae (Basoglu and Atatür, 1974)Turkey. Lyciasalamandra flavimembris (Mutz and Steinfartz, 1995)Turkey.Lyciasalamandra helverseni (Pieper, 1963) Greece.Lyciasalamandra luschani (Steindachner, 1891)Greece, Turkey
Molecular data suggest that some recently described species (Lyciasalamandra irfani, Lyciasalamandra arikani, and Lyciasalamandra yehudahi), which as of early 2018 are still listed by the AmphibiaWeb, should be considered as subspecies of Lyciasalamandra billae.
Reproduction All Lyciasalamandra species are viviparous, as are four species of Salamandra.
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