| Sardinian Brook Salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Euproctus |
| Species: | E. platycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Euproctus platycephalus (Gravenhorst, 1829) |
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The Sardinian Brook Salamander or Sardinian Mountain Newt (Euproctus platycephalus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in Sardinia, Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, inland karsts, caves, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.