It is found in the southwestern Anatolia in Turkey and adjacent Greece, in the island of Kastellorizo and its satellites.

[3] The Luschan’s salamander is a nocturnal, land-dwelling animal, most active during the rainy or wet season, which lasts from November to April in the Mediterranean region.

The other main differences can be seen in the upper eyelids such that they have a greenish light yellow color in type 2 salamanders.

[10] M. luschani overall was supported to be a well evidenced sister taxon to the Salamandra clade with a boot-strap of 100% and decay index of 41.

[10] Scientists also described that M. l. finikensis, M. l. luschani, and M. l. basoglui seem to form a monophyletic group with a bootstrap of 100% and a decay index of 15.

[10] Scientists have also worked to categorize M. luschani into its appropriate phylogenetic positions based on different DNA sequences it possesses.

[11] A study on the 16,650 base pair nucleotide sequence of the salamander’s mitochondrial DNA revealed that it has similar features to other vertebrate genomes.

There are two non coding repeats of 124 base pairs that interrupt the typical vertebrate mitochondrial consensus genome sequence.

The origin of light strand replication has also been noted to form a secondary structure known as a stem-loop.

As with other genetic sequences, the majority of genes that produce proteins began with the ATG start codon.

Based on genomic data and subsequent phylogenetic results, some scientists have argued that hagfish and lamprey should not be used as outgroup taxa.

[11] One analysis on genetic composition of the L. l. luschani subspecies showed hetermorphic nucleolus organizing regions.

[10] One source, the Red Data Book of Threatened Animals of Greece, classifies the salamander, particularly L. luschani basoglui, as vulnerable.

[4] Another source, the Red Data Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers the salamander as an endangered species.

[4] Concerns about Luschan's salamander conservation are rooted in 1) habitat loss due to development, and 2) subspecies isolation.

[16] This partially due to the fact that a preferred humidity and temperature are desired before the salamander gives birth.

[14] Lyciasalamander luschani basoglui has been described to have fairly rough skin, about 68 nanometers thick, that allows it to conserve water for extended time periods.

[14] Part of this pelvic girdle is made up of cartilage, but ossification starts centrally and then spreads laterally.

The study that characterized this also found that M. luschani had significantly greater lamina epitheliasis thickness and lumen area compared to the intestines of the Southern crested newt, Triturus karelinii.

There were around ten molecular forms of esterases present based on isoelectric focusing and gel electrophoresis.