Corsican Brook Salamander

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Corsican Brook Salamander

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Euproctus
Species: E. montanus
Binomial name
Euproctus montanus
(Savi, 1838)

The Corsican Brook Salamander or Corsican Mountain Newt (Euproctus montanus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in France. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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