See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235246853 A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela) Article in Alytes · March 2009 CITATIONS READS 133 1,636 2 authors: Alain Dubois Jean Raffaëlli Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle French Urodela Group 307 PUBLICATIONS 6,658 CITATIONS 14 PUBLICATIONS 293 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Taxonomy and nomenclature of amphibians View project Observatory on Availability in Zoological Nomenclature View project All content following this page was uploaded by Alain Dubois on 28 May 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. March 2009 Volume 26, No 1-4 Alytes, 2009, 26 (1-4): 1-85. A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela) Alain Dubois* & Jean Raffaëlli** * Reptiles & Amphibiens, UMR 5202 CNRS OSEB, Département Systématique & Evolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 30, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France <
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[email protected]> Several recent studies, particularly dealing with molecular phylogeny, have improved our knowledge of the relationships within the salamander family SALAMANDRIDAE. However, some only of these findings have resulted in formal taxonomic changes. In order to homogenize this taxonomy, we hereby recognize several new taxa at various ranks from subfamily to subspecies,