Triturus macedonicus

Triturus macedonicus
	male in "mating dress"
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Triturus
Species:	T. macedonicus
Binomial name
	Triturus macedonicus; (Karaman, 1922)
Synonyms
	Molge karelinii var. macedonica Karaman, 1922; Triturus carnifex macedonicus Arntzen and Wallis, 1999; Triturus (Triturus) macedonicus Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009; Triturus cristatus carnifex var. albanicus Dely, 1959; Triturus karelinii arntzeni Litvinchuk, Borkin, Džukić and Kalezić 1999; Triturus (Triturus) karelinii arntzeni Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009; Triturus arntzeni Espregueira Themudo, Wielstra, and Arntzen, 2009;

Triturus macedonicus, the Macedonian crested newt, is a newt species of the crested newt species complex in genus Triturus, found in the Western Balkan peninsula (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, North Macedonia, north-western Greece and south-western Bulgaria).

To the North, its range borders that of the Danube crested newt and the Northern crested newt and to the East, that of the Balkan-Anatolian crested newt.

It was first described as a variety of Triturus karelinii, later considered a subspecies of Triturus carnifex, and was elevated to species rank following molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2007.

Triturus arntzeni was considered a synonym of T. macedonicus, but this name applies in fact to a hybrid between this species and the Balkan-Anatolian crested newt (T. ivanbureschi), and thus is a synonym of both species.

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