New localities of the Kurdistan newt Neurergus microspilotus and Lake Urmia newt Neurergus crocatus ( Caudata : Salamandridae ) in Iraq Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Little is known about the distribution and current conservation status of the two spe- cies of mountain dwelling newts of the genus Neurergus found in the Zagros Mountain in northern and northeastern Iraq: the Critically Endangered Kurdistan newt Neurergus microspilotus (Nesterov 1916), and the vulnerable Lake Urmia newt Neurergus crocatus (Cope 1862). Surveys in the Kurd- istan region of northeastern Iraq from 2007 to 2012 resulted in the ...