Salamandra

Short description: Genus of amphibians

Salamandra

Temporal range: Paleocene–present

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Salamandra atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Urodela
Family:  | Salamandridae
Subfamily:  | Salamandrinae
Genus:  | Salamandra
Laurenti, 1768
Species

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Salamandra is a genus of seven species of salamanders localized in central and southern Europe, Northern Africa, and western Asia.

## List of species

Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution

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| North African fire salamander | Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883 | Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and possibly Tunisia
| alpine salamander | Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768 | central, eastern and Dinaric Alps
| Corsican fire salamander | Salamandra corsica Savi, 1838 | Corsica
| Near Eastern fire salamander | Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885 | Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey
| Lanza's alpine salamander | Salamandra lanzai Nascetti, Andreone, Capula et Bullini, 1988 | France and Italy.
| long-snouted salamander | Salamandra longirostris Joger and Steinfartz, 1994 | Spain
| fire salamander | Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) | southern and central Europe

## References

1. ↑ Fossilworks

## External links

* Salamandra at Fauna Europaea
* "Salamandra Laurenti, 1768". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=208238.
* Salamandra at Animal Diversity Web
* Salamandra at the National Center for Biotechnology Information

Wikidata ☰ Q62181 entry

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