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Salamandrina

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Salamandrina
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Salamandrina terdigitata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Salamandrininae
Genus: Salamandrina
Fitzinger, 1826
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Distribution in Italy:
red - S. perspicillata
green - S. terdigitata

Salamandrina, the spectacled salamanders, is a genus of salamander, the only of subfamily Salamandrininae in the family Salamandridae which is still alive, as one of its own relatives is extinct. The IUCN Red List follows Mattoccia et al. (2005) and Canestrelli et al. (2006) in accepting two species, both only found in Italy:

  • Southern spectacled salamander (Salamandrina terdigitata)
  • Northern spectacled salamander (Salamandrina perspicillata)


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