Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands Author Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó Author Van, Lars W. Author Ostende, Den Hoek Author Arntzen, Jan Willem text Zootaxa 2007 1482 25 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.176896 5358c073-8ab5-42d7-88b9-8d90e1371d73 1175-5326 176896 Salamandra pleurodeles Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 Temminck & Schlegel, 1838. Fauna Japonica, 3: 117. Current name: Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830 Holotype : RMNH 2379, 1 ad. Ψ. Loc.: “ Espagne méridionale”. Leg.: C.W. Michahelles. Remarks . Hoogmoed (1978: 103) gives as type locality “southern Spain ”. This specimen is also the lectotype of Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830 .