Salamandrina
| Salamandrina | |
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| Salamandrina terdigitata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| 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, are a genus of salamander, the only of subfamily Salamandrininae in the Salamandridae family. 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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