IFTIME Alexandru

Publications of IFTIME Alexandru

• On the presence of the Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus, at Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria

  Authors: GHERGHEL Iulian, IFTIME Alexandru

  North-Western Journal of Zoology. 01/2009;

  The Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus, was known to be distributed in the Pannonian Basin, along the lower Danube and from the Danube Delta to the Dnepr Delta. Based on the discovery of threeThe Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus, was known to be distributed in the Pannonian Basin, along the lower Danube and from the Danube Delta to the Dnepr Delta. Based on the discovery of three specimens in the collection of the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania, we report a new record of Triturus dobrogicus from Lake Durankulak. This location in the north-east of Bulgaria, the Black Sea littoral region, is far outside the previously known range, and therefore establishes a new south-eastern limit for the distribution of this species. The possibility of introgressive hybridization with Triturus karelinii is discussed.

• On a record of largest specimen of Triturus dobrogicus (Kiritzescu 1903)from the Danube Delta, Romania

  Authors: GHERGHEL1 Iulian, IFTIME Alexandru

  Biharean Biologist. 01/2009;

  The largest size known for the nominate subspecies T. d. dobrogicus is 152mm in a female from Romania, most probably from the Danube Delta. In our paper we present a record female of TriturusThe largest size known for the nominate subspecies T. d. dobrogicus is 152mm in a female from Romania, most probably from the Danube Delta. In our paper we present a record female of Triturus dobrogicus from Danube Delta. This female has a total length of 175.5 mm, 7.01% longer than the previous record litearture data for Triturus dobrogicus macrosoma and 15.46% longer than the previous record litearture data for Triturus dobrogicus dobrogicus.