Neomys schelkovnikovi Satunin, 1913 . Trud. Obshch. Izuch. Chernomorsk. Poberezh., 3:24.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Svanetiya," = Georgia, Mestiiskii r-n., Ushkul (see Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987:29) .

DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia); and perhaps adjacent Turkey and Iran.

SYNONYMS: balkaricus, leptodactylus.

COMMENTS: Left incertae sedis by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), but given specific rank by most recent Russian authors. Reviewed by Sokolov and Tembotov (1989).