Sardinian Brook Salamander

Sardinian Brook Salamander

Taxobox
name = Sardinian Brook Salamander


status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Salamandridae
genus = "Euproctus"
species = "E. platycephalus"
binomial = "Euproctus platycephalus"
binomial_authority = (Gravenhorst, 1829)
synonyms =
The Sardinian Brook Salamander or Sardinian Mountain Newt ("Euproctus platycephalus") is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family.It is found only in Sardinia, Italy.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, inland karsts, caves, and ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Andreone, F., Lecis, R., Edgar, P. & Schmidt, B. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/8371/all Euproctus platycephalus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.


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