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Lyciasalamandra billae.
Lyciasalamandra billae eikeae GODMANN, KARIS & GÖÇMEN, 2016

Godmann, O., M. Karis & B. Göçmen (2016): Geographic nestedness of Lyciasalamandra billae (Amphibia: Salamandridae) populations within L. antalyana and description of a new subspecies.- Zoology in the Middle East, 2016 (early view, publ. 1st July, 2016)

Abstract:
A new subspecies of the Bille’s Lycian Salamander Lyciasalamandra billae is described from four localities in the vicinity of Geyikbayiri nearby Antalya, Turkey. It is distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies by colouration and surface pattern. The distribution area of the new subspecies is nested within the range of Lyciasalamandra antalyana, with L. a. gocmeni bordering in the north and the range of L. a. antalyana bordering in the south. New localities of both L. antalyana subspecies are reported.

What was the kind of speciation that made this divesification of Lyciasalamandra spp.?

Michal Szkudlarek wrote:What was the kind of speciation that made this divesification of Lyciasalamandra spp.?

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It is distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies by colouration and surface pattern.

individual (sub)species concept: each specimen is its own (sub)species