Salamandra atra

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 Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Salamandrinae
Genus: Salamandra
Species: Salamandra atra
Subspecies: S. a. atra – S. a. pasubiensis – S. a. prenjensis

Name

Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768

Type locality: "in alpe Etscher Austriae & Loibel inter Carinthiam & Carnioliam".

Holotype: Including specimen illustrated by Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: Pl. 1, fig. 2.

Synonyms

Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768
Salamandra fusca Laurenti, 1768
Lacerta atra — Sturm, 1828
Geotriton fuscus — Bonaparte, 1837
Salamandra maculosa var. atra — Guérin-Méneville, 1838
Triton fuscus — Schinz, 1840
Salamandra nigra Gray, 1850
Salamandra nera Dugès, 1852
Spelerpes fuscus — Strauch, 1870
Salamandra atra — Boulenger, 1882
Salamandra alpestris Knauer, 1883
Salamandra (Salamandra) atra — Özeti, 1967
Salamandra atra atra — Miksic, 1969
Salamandra atra prenjensis Miksic, 1969
Salamandra atra aurorae Trevisan, 1982
Salamandra atra pasubiensis Bonato & Steinfartz, 2005

References

Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 42, 149.
Özeti, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 287.
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 atra
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Salamandra atra. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Salamandra atra (Least Concern) Downloaded on 10 August 2008.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alpensalamander
English: Black Alpine Salamander
italiano: Salamandra alpina
polski: Salamamdra czarna
ไทย: อัลไพน์ ซาลาแมนเดอร์, ซาลาแมนเดอร์ แอททร้า

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