Pyrenean brook salamander

Pyrenean brook salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Calotriton
Species:
C. asper
Binomial name
Calotriton asper
(Dugès, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Triton glacialis Philippe, 1847 (nomen nudum)
  • Hemitriton asper (Dugès, 1852)
  • Hemitriton punctulatus (Dugès, 1852)
  • Molge apsera (Dugès, 1852)
  • Euproctus asper (Dugès, 1852)

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]

  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2022). "Calotriton asper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T59448A89707795. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T59448A89707795.en. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Calotriton asper (Dugès, 1852)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 March 2015.