Thanks a lot for the comments guys!
Jose Luis Perez wrote:I have one doubt. You mention Lissotriton boscai ssp. maltzani. I thought this taxa was only present in the Southwestern tip of Portugal (Algarve).
This was lazy copy-pasting a specieslist from a previous trip, is fixed now
Jose Luis Perez wrote:I forgot to comment on the possible Triturus hybrid in my previous post... It clearly has intermediate characters. For me it is the gold medal of your trip. I wonder if the contact zone of both taxa has been properly studied... Well done Bobby!
It actually has! Still very interesting to see this in-situ and for us also one of the highlights of the trip together with the fire salamanders at weird places. Further reading on the hybrids:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328134841_Morphological_and_molecular_characters_to_describe_a_marbled_newt_hybrid_zone_in_the_Iberian_peninsula