Iberian Salamandra Quiz

[Wouter Beukema]

In reply to Peter's Salamandra, here are several Iberian Salamandra subspecies - try to guess which one! Some are easy, some are downright treacherous! A total of six subspecies are present among these.

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(3)

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[Jürgen Gebhart]

I don`t have really any idea about that, but I think

Pic 4 alfredschmidti
Last pic fastuosa

the others, no idea

[Peter Oefinger]

Picture 4 should be bernadezi...

[Wouter Beukema]

4 bernardezi and 9 fastuosa are right! Hint; there is no bejarae among the others.

[Mario Schweiger]

1) crespoi
3) crespoi
5) longirostris
7) morenica

maybe I´m right ?

Mario

[Kamil Szepanski]

2) bejarae
3) gallaica (Portugal?)
5) almanzoris

???

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Deliberately guessed a bit weird now and then but =>

1 crespoi
2 almanzoris
3 gallaica
4 bernardezi
5 longirostris
6 crespoi
7 morenica
8 almanzoris
9 fastuosa

[Wouter Beukema]

So, seems Mario is also an expert in Salamandra - all are right! Number 7 is an eastern morenica from the Sierra de Segura. But, also Jeroen is partially right regarding photo 3; this is morphologically gallaica, but crespoi on mtDNA level! (2) is indeed an a-typical almanzoris with red spots, originating from the Laguna Grande.

This leaves us with:
1 crespoi
2 almanzoris
3 crespoi/gallaica
4 bernardezi
5 longirostris
6 crespoi
7 morenica
8 ?? - not almanzoris, this one is still unidentified.
9 fastuosa

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Where does 8 come from. Not morenica? Of course, almanzoris was a silly guess...

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

This is sick... Thank God I like vipers.

Thank you for your valuable contribution. I am really sorry you have to endure this salamanderism, which is unfortunately a part of fieldherping too.