Salamandrina
| Salamandrina | |
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| Salamandrina terdigitata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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Categories:
- Salamandridae
- Endemic fauna of Italy
- Amphibian genera
- Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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