Ambrosi's Cave Salamander

Taxobox
name = Ambrosi's Cave Salamander


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Speleomantes"
species = "S. ambrosii"
binomial = "Speleomantes ambrosii"
binomial_authority = (Lanza, 1954)
synonyms = "Hydromantes ambrosii" Lanza, 1954The Ambrosi's Cave Salamander, French Cave Salamander, or Spezia Cave Salamander ("Speleomantes ambrosii") is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to Italy.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves).It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Andreone, F. & Edgar, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20454/all Speleomantes ambrosii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.