Subspecies
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(1) Salamandra atra
atra Laurenti, 1768
(2) Salamandra atra aurorae Trevisan,
1982 (Italy)
(3) Salamandra atra pasubiensis Bonato
et Steinfartz, 2005 (Italy)
(4) Salamandra atra prenjensis Miksic,
1969 (Bosnia-Hercegovina)
The status of the taxon aurorae is
discussed controversially; some
authors regard it as a separate
species.
Only the nominate form occurs in
Germany.
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Synonyms
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Synonymy of
Salamandra atra atra:
Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768
Salamandra atra atra Laurenti, 1768
Lacerta atra (Laurenti, 1768)
Salamandra maculosa atra (Laurenti,
1768)
Salamandra fusca Laurenti, 1768
Geotriton fuscus (Laurenti, 1768)
Spelerpes fuscus (Laurenti, 1768)
Triton fuscus (Laurenti, 1768)
Salamandra nigra Gray, 1850
Salamandra nera Duges, 1852
Salamandra alpestris Knauer, 1883
Note: the name Geotriton fuscus as
used by Bonaparte
(1837) is a misidentification.
Bonaparte actually describes the
nominal taxon Hydromantes italicus
Dunn, 1923 (thus properly described
over 80 years later!), but thought
them to be the Salamandra fusca
described by Laurenti.
Additional English name: Alpine
Salamander.
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Identification
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Distribution
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Restricted
to the Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Recorded from Bavaria (Germany),
Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and
Hercegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania
and FYR Macedonia.
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