Turkish Journal of Zoology
DOI
10.3906/zoo-1408-53
Abstract
Facultative paedomorphism is regularly observed in salamanders, including newts of the Lissotriton vulgaris group. We document the first record of paedomorphism in L. (v.) kosswigi from a locality near Karasu, in the vicinity of Sakarya, Turkey. We compare measurements of 5 paedomorphic individuals with those of 10 metamorphic individuals from the same population and with measurements taken from the literature. Paedomorphs are on average bigger than metamorphs; intriguingly, the opposite pattern has been observed in the Turkish L. (v.) schmidtlerorum.
First Page
976
Last Page
980
Recommended Citation
BOZKURT, EMİN; OLGUN, KURTULUŞ; and WIELSTRA, BEN
(2015)
"First record of facultative paedomorphism in the Kosswig's newt Lissotriton (vulgaris) kosswigi (Freytag, 1955) (Urodela; Salamandridae), endemic to northwestern Turkey,"
Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 39:
No.
5, Article 30.
https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1408-53
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol39/iss5/30
