Near Eastern fire salamander

Near Eastern fire salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Salamandra
Species:
S. infraimmaculata
Binomial name
Salamandra infraimmaculata
Martens, 1885
Synonyms
  • Salamandra maculosa var. infraimmaculata Martens, 1885
  • Salamandra salamandra ssp. infraimmaculata Martens, 1885
  • Salamandra semenovi Nesterov, 1916

The Near Eastern fire salamander[2] (Salamandra infraimmaculata), in Arabic arouss al-ayn,[3] is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.[4][5] Its natural habitats are subtropical dry shrubland and forests, often near rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  1. ^ Theodore Papenfuss; Ahmad Disi; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani; Gad Degani; Ismail Ugurtas; Max Sparreboom; Sergius Kuzmin; Steven Anderson; Riyad Sadek; Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Avital Gasith; Eldad Elron; Sarig Gafny; Tuba Kiliç; Engin Gem; Uğur Kaya (2009). "Salamandra infraimmaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59466A11927871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T59466A11927871.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sparreboom, Max (2014). Salamanders of the Old World. The Salamanders of Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. Zeist: KNNV Publishing. pp. 320–323. ISBN 978-90-5011-4851.
  3. ^ "Arouss al ayn (Salamandra infraimmaculata)". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Salamandra infraimmaculata". Amphibia Web. Retrieved February 24, 2013.