
Caucasus Salamanders
Mertensiella
The Caucasian salamander (Mertensiella caucasica) is a species of stream-dwelling salamander in the Salamandridae family. This is a salamander of medium size, with a thin, elongated body. It is a relict species, endemic to the south-western Caucasus, in Georgia and Turkey. The subspecies M. c. janashvilii is found at Mt. Mtirala near Batumi and probably along the Black Sea coast.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Mertensiella djanaschvilii
speciesMertensiella djanaschvilii

Caucasian Salamander
speciesMertensiella caucasica
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27851.