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