Corsican Fire Salamander

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Corsican Fire Salamander

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Salamandra
Species: S. corsica
Binomial name
Salamandra corsica
Savi, 1838
Synonyms

Salamandra salamandra ssp. corsica Savi, 1838

The Corsican Fire Salamander (Salamandra corsica) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in France. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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