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Salamandrina (spectacled salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Salamandrina was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Salamandridae by Estes (1981) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Salamandrina Fitzinger
1981Salamandrina Estes
1988Salamandrina Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusSalamandrinaFitzinger 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Salamandrina Fitzinger 1826 [spectacled salamander]
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Salamandrina perspicillata Savi 1821 [Northern spectacled salamander]
Salamandrina terdigitata Lacepede 1788 [Southern spectacled salamander]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Salamandrina sp. (138825)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Heves) Salamandrina sp. (168177)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Salamandrina sp. (32189)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Sardinia) Salamandrina sp. (230767)