Salamandra algira

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Salamandra
Species: Salamandra algira
Subspecies: S. a. algira – S. a. atlantica – S. a. spelaea – S. a. splendens

Name

Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883

Type locality: "Mont Edough bei Bôna", Algeria; neotype from "Mt. Edough bei Bône, Algerien".

Neotype: NHMW 9251.

Synonyms

• Salamandra maculosa var. algira Bedriaga, 1883
• Salamandra salamandra algira — Nikolskii, 1918
• Salamandra algira — Veith, 1996
• Salamandra algira algira — Donaire Barroso & Bogaerts, 2003
• Salamandra algira tingitana Donaire Barroso & Bogaerts, 2003
• Salamandra algira spelaea Escoriza & Comas, 2007

References

• Bedriaga, 1883, Arch. Naturgesch., 49: 252.
• Hernandez, A. & Escoriza, D. 2019. A new subspecies of African fire salamander Salamandra algira (Urodela, Salamandridae) from the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco. ZooKeys, 893: 143–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.46649 Reference page. 

Links

• Veith, 1996, Amphibia-Reptilia, 17: 174–177.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Salamandra algira
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Salamandra algira. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Salamandra algira  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 10 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Algerian Fire Salamander
español: Salamandra norteafricana