Pyrenean Brook Salamander
- Pyrenean Brook Salamander
Taxobox
name = Pyrenean Brook Salamander
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Salamandridae
genus = "Calotriton"
species = "C. asper"
binomial = "Calotriton asper"
binomial_authority = Dugès, 1852
synonyms = Euproctus asperThe Pyrenean Brook Salamander, Pyrenean Newt, Tritó pirinenc or Tritón Pirenaico ("Calotriton asper") is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family.It is found in Andorra, France, and Spain.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, inland karsts, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
* Bosch, J., Tejedo, M., Lecis, R., Miaud, C., Lizana, M., Edgar, P., Martínez-Solano, I., Salvador, A., García-París, M., Recuero Gil, E., Marquez, R. & Geniez, P. 2006.
* Carranza, S. & Amat F. (2005) Taxonomy, biogeography and evolution of Euproctus (Amphibia: Salamandridae), with the resurrection of the genus Calotriton and the description of a new endemic species from the Iberian Peninsula, "Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" 145 (4), 555–582. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59448/all Euproctus asper] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
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