Ichthyosaura

Ichthyosaura
Temporal range: Early Miocene–recent[1]
Alpine newt, two males during mating season
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Ichthyosaura
Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801
Species
Synonyms[2]
  • Hemitriton (Dugès, 1852)
  • Mesotriton (Bolkay, 1927)

Ichthyosaura is a genus of newts in the family Salamandridae, found in Europe. The only extant species is the alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris), although two fossil species are also known.[3]

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  3. ^ Macaluso, Loredana; Mannion, Philip D.; Evans, Susan E.; Carnevale, Giorgio; Monti, Sara; Marchitelli, Domenico; Delfino, Massimo (2022). "Biogeographic history of Palearctic caudates revealed by a critical appraisal of their fossil record quality and spatio-temporal distribution". Royal Society Open Science. 9 (11). Bibcode:2022RSOS....920935M. doi:10.1098/rsos.220935. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 9709575. PMID 36465678.