Salamandridae Salamandra lanzai Salamandrina perspicillata
Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spotted Salamander, Fire Salamander, European Fire Salamander

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. gigliolii Eiselt & Lanza, 1956, Serra S. Bruno (Catanzaro), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Giorgio Gozzi)

Adult ssp. salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758), Trento, Italy, May 2, 2005
(Photo by Giorgio Gozzi, Forum Natura Mediterraneo)

S. salamandra (© Giorgio Gozzi)

Adult ssp. salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758), Trento, Italy, September 13, 2004
(Photo by Giorgio Gozzi, Forum Natura Mediterraneo)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. gigliolii Eiselt & Lanza, 1956, Serra S. Bruno (Catanzaro), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. gigliolii Eiselt & Lanza, 1956, Serra S. Bruno (Catanzaro), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adults ssp. gigliolii Eiselt & Lanza, 1956, Serra S. Bruno (Catanzaro), Italy, April 1985
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. gallaica Seoane, 1884, Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela, Portugal
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)

Adult ssp. gallaica Seoane, 1884, Almaceda, Castelo Branco, Portugal, November 10, 2002
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult ssp. almanzoris Müller & Hellmich, 1935, Sierra de Gredos, Spain
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Rubén Martínez Barbáchano)

Habitat ssp. almanzoris Müller & Hellmich, 1935, Lagunas de Gredos, Ávila, Spain
(Photo by Rubén Martínez Barbáchano)

S. salamandra (© Rubén Martínez Barbáchano)

Habitat ssp. almanzoris Müller & Hellmich, 1935, Lagunas de Gredos, Ávila, Spain
(Photo by Rubén Martínez Barbáchano)

S. salamandra (© Jeroen Speybroeck)

Adult ssp. fastuosa Schreiber, 1912, Foręt d'Iraty, dept. Pyrenées Atlantiques, France, July 17, 2004
(Photo by Jeroen Speybroeck, Herpetofauna of Europe)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Chris Newman)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, France
(Photo by Chris Newman)

S. salamandra (© Bert Blok)

Adult ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, April 24, 2004
(Photo by Bert Blok, Bedreigde flora in Nederland)

S. salamandra (© Chris Steeman)

Adult, Gros Tienne, Lavaux-St.-Anne, Namur, Belgium, June 6, 2004
(Photo by Chris Steeman)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Young ssp. gigliolii Eiselt & Lanza, 1956, Serra S. Bruno (Catanzaro), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, Campone (Gorizia), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva ssp. terrestris Lacépède, 1788, Campone (Gorizia), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

S. salamandra (© Fabrizio Li Vigni)

Larva
(Photo by Fabrizio Li Vigni)

S. salamandra (© Jael Palhas)

Young ssp. gallaica Seoane, 1884, Condeixa, Serra de Sicó, Portugal, May 2004
(Photo by Jael Palhas)

S. salamandra (© Marcello Romano)

Larva, Karia, 1200 m, Mount Olimpo, Greece, June 28, 2004
(Photo by Marcello Romano)

S. salamandra (© Horia Bogdan)

Larva, Arad County, Romania, April 8, 2005
(Photo by Horia Bogdan, Herpetological Club of Oradea web site)


Distribution:
Western, central, and southern Europe, and in isolated pockets in southwestern Asia as far as the Iraq-Iran border

Similar species:
Salamandra atra (Salamandridae)
Salamandra corsica (Salamandridae)
Salamandra lanzai (Salamandridae)

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