Northern spectacled salamander

Northern spectacled salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Salamandrina
Species: S. perspicillata
Binomial name
Salamandrina perspicillata
Savi, 1821
Distribution in Italy:
red - S. perspicillata
green - S. terdigitata

The northern spectacled salamander (Salamandrina perspicillata) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found only in Italy.

The IUCN Red List follows Mattoccia et al. (2005) and Canestrelli et al. (2006) in separating Salamandrina perspicillata from Salamandrina terdigitata (southern spectacled salamander) which is found further south.

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