North African fire salamander

North African fire salamander
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Salamandra
Species:	S. algira
Binomial name
Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883

The North African fire salamander (Salamandra algira) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and possibly Tunisia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Subspecies

• S. a. algira Mt. Edough (Algeria)-Neotype
• S. a. tingitana Jabal Mousa (Morocco)
• S. a. spelaea Ouartass (Morocco)

Source

• Donaire-Barroso, D., Martinez-Solano, I., Salvador, A., Garcia-Paris, M., Gil, E.R., Tahar, S. & El Mouden, E.H. 2004.

Caudate families by suborder Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Craniata Superclass Tetrapoda Class Amphibia Cryptobranchoidea Cryptobranchidae Hynobiidae Salamandroidea Ambystomatidae Amphiumidae Dicamptodontidae Plethodontidae Proteidae Rhyacotritonidae Salamandridae Sirenoidea Sirenidae