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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Salamandrina |
Species: | S. perspicillata
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Binomial name | |
Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821)
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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. The Salamander undergoes a long development period. Once the female salamander spawn in a body of water, the eggs begin to hatch into larvae, these larvae are unrecognizable until they develop via metamorphosis when they develop their unique markings.[2]
References
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- ^ Antonio Romano, Marco Mattoccia, Valerio Sbordoni, Franco Andreone, Claudia Corti (2022). "Salamandrina perspicillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T136135A89706481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022.RLTS.T136135A89706481.en. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mays, M. 2019. "Salamandrina perspicillata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 28, 2022 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Salamandrina_perspicillata/
Mays, M. 2019. "Salamandrina perspicillata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 28, 2022 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Salamandrina_perspicillata/