Sardinian brook salamander
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| Species: | E. platycephalus
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| 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.
References
- Andreone, F., Lecis, R., Edgar, P. & Schmidt, B. 2004. Euproctus platycephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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