Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952

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Neurergus crocatus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952: 1 .

COMMON NAME. — Kaiser’s Mountain Newt.

HOLOTYPE. — ZMUC 03184.

TYPE LOCALITY. — 11 km North of Shah Bazan, Lorestan Province .

DISTRIBUTION. — Lorestan and Khuzestan Provinces in following streams: Shahbazan, Talezang, Shahzadeh Ahmad, Hajibarikab, and from the type locality in Tove (Sharifi et al. 2008, 2013) .

HABITAT. — Outside the breeding season, the species leaves the water. Vegetation cover of its habitat ranges from thin shrubland on steep rock outcrops to dense woodlands with diverse tree species (Sharifi et al. 2008, 2013).

IUCN. — Critically endangered.

REFERENCES. — Schmidt (1952); Sharifi et al. (2008, 2013).