Salamandrina perspicillata

Salamandrina perspicillata, the northern spectacled salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Italy.

Salamandrina perspicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Salamandrina
Species:
S. perspicillata
Binomial name
Salamandrina perspicillata
(Savi, 1821)
Distribution in Italy:
red - S. perspicillata
green - S. terdigitata

The IUCN Red List follows Mattoccia et al. (2005) and Canestrelli et al. (2006) in separating Salamandrina perspicillata from Salamandrina terdigitata which is found further south.

References

  1. Antonio Romano, Marco Mattoccia, Valerio Sbordoni, Franco Andreone, Claudia Corti 2008. Salamandrina perspicillata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 December 2010.


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