Gold-striped salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Subfamily: | Salamandrinae |
Genus: | Chioglossa Bocage, 1864 |
Species: | C. lusitanica
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Binomial name | |
Chioglossa lusitanica Bocage, 1864
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Range map[2] |
The gold-striped salamander or golden-striped salamander[3] (Chioglossa lusitanica) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is the only species of the genus Chioglossa. It is found in the north-west of Iberia (in Portugal and Spain) at an altitude of up to 1,300 m. It is threatened by habitat loss.