Pyrenean brook salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Calotriton |
Species: | C. asper
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Binomial name | |
Calotriton asper (Dugès, 1852)
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The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper), (Aragonese: guardafuents pirenenco; Catalan: tritó pirinenc; Basque: uhandre piriniarra; Spanish: tritón pirenaico), is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.[1][2] It is found in the Pyrenees of Andorra, France, and Spain. The IUCN lists it as least concern.[1]