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Salamandra lanzai

(Lanza's Alpine Salamander)

Overview

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Vulnerable

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Lanza's Alpine Salamander, Lanza's fire salamander

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: It is associated with rocky alpine meadows and scree slopes , often close to small streams , usually above the tree line . The known sites of this species at lower elevations may have mixed or coniferous forest . It gives birth to one to six fully metamorphosed young on land (Noellert and Noellert 1992), and is not associated with water. This species hides beneath rocks and stones when inactive and may be found in pastureland and other slightly modified habitats . (Ref. 304804).

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Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Salamandra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. algira (North African Fire Salamander) · S. atra (Golden Salamander) · S. corsica (Corsican Fire Salamander) · S. infraimmaculata (Arouss Al Ayn) · S. lanzai (Lanza's Alpine Salamander) · S. luschani (Luschan's Salamander) · S. salamandra (European Fire Salamander)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano, Franco Andreone, Claude Miaud, Marc Cheylan, Claudia Corti, Philippe Geniez 2009. Salamandra lanzai. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012