A new record of the Persian Brook Salamander, Paradactylodon persicus (Eiselt & Steiner, 1970) (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae) in northern Iran

摘要

The Persian Brook Salamander, Paradactylodon persicus (Eiselt & Steiner, 1970) is an endemic and poorly known species of northern Iran (Baloutch & Kami 1995; Kami 1999). It was originally described as Batrachuperus persicus by Eiselt & Steiner (1970),but has been transferred to the genus Paradactylodon based on genetic studies by Zhang et al. (2006). This species has been reported from two localities only: Weyser, southeast of Chalus, in Mazandaran Province (36° 30' 35" N and 51° 26' 38" E) and Delmadeh village, southeast of Khalkhal, in Ardabil Province (37° 22' 34" N and 48° 47' 35" E) (Kami 2004; Ebrahimi et al, 2004) (Fig. 1). Here, we report a new record of this species in Hyrcanian forest, in Gilan Province, Iran.