Ommatotriton

Ommatotriton or banded newts is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae. The genus occurs in Western Asia and Caucasus. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Triturus.

Taxonomy
The genus contains three species:
 * Ommatotriton nesterovi (Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin, and Rosanov, 2005)
 * Ommatotriton ophryticus (Berthold, 1846) — northern banded newt
 * Ommatotriton vittatus (Gray, 1835) — southern banded newt