Salamandridae Pleurodeles waltl Salamandra corsica
Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768
Alpine Salamander
S. atra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Unknown locality
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. atra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Rifugio Coldai, Monte Civetta (Belluno), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. atra (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, Plansee, Reutte, Tirol, Austria, June 2002
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
S. atra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male) ssp. aurorae Trevisan, 1982, Asiago (Vicenza), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
S. atra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (female) ssp. aurorae Trevisan, 1982, Asiago (Vicenza), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Distribution:
Alps of southern Bavaria (Germany), Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland; and high mountains of the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, Slovenia and north-west Croatia, Southern Bosnia and northern Albania
Similar species:
Salamandra lanzai (Salamandridae)
Salamandra salamandra (Salamandridae)
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