Editing Palmate newt (section)

==Taxonomy==

The palmate newt was first described scientifically in 1789, by Russian naturalist [[Grigory Razumovsky]]. He placed it in the [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[Lacerta (genus)|green lizards]] and named it ''Lacerta helvetica'', with "[[Wiktionary:helveticus|helvetica]]" referring to the Swiss [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] in the [[canton of Vaud]].{{r|Razumovsky1789|p=111}} He also gave ''Lacerta paradoxa'' as alternative name, which is today regarded as a [[junior synonym]].{{r|Frost2020|Razumovsky1789|p=111}} Several names published over time, in different genera, are also now treated as synonyms for the palmate newt.{{r|Frost2020}} Most recently, the species was included in the genus ''[[Triturus]]'', along with most European [[newt]]s.{{r|Sparreboom2014|p=221}} This genus however was found to be [[polyphyletic]], containing several unrelated [[lineage (evolution)|lineages]],{{r|TitusLarson1995|WeisrockPapenfuss2006|SteinfartzVicario2007}} and the small-bodied newts, including the palmate newt, were therefore split off as separate genus in 2004 by García-París and colleagues.{{r|Garcia-Paris2004|p=233}} They used the genus name ''Lissotriton'', introduced by the English zoologist [[Thomas Bell (zoologist)|Thomas Bell]] in 1839.{{r|Bell1839|p=132}} Two distinct [[subspecies]], ''L. h. alonsoi'' and ''L. h. punctillatus'', were described from the [[Iberian peninsula]], but have not been retained by Raffaëlli{{r|Raffaelli2007}} and Sparreboom.{{r|Sparreboom2014|p=225}}