Large alpine salamander  (Salamandra lanzai)

Authentication

Authenticated (3/6/2004) by Franco Andreone. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy.
http://www.francoandreone.it

Glossary

Crepuscular: Active at twilight and/or just before sunrise.
Nocturnal: Active at night.

References

  1. European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Salamandra lanzai. In: IUCN 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (March, 2004)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Amphibia Web- Salamander lanzai (March, 2004)
    http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/amphib_query?where-genus=Salamandra&where-species=lanzai
  3. Newts and Salamanders of Europe (March, 2004)
    http://www.nafcon.dircon.co.uk/euro_urodela.html#slanzai
  4. Gautier, P., Lena, J. and Miaud, C. (2003) Responses to conspecific scent marks and the ontogeny of territorial marking in immature terrestrial salamanders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 55: 447 - 453.
  5. Andreone, F. (2004) Pers. Comm.
  6. Andreone, F., De Michelis, S. and Clima, V. (1999) A montane urodele and its feeding habits: Salamandra lanzai (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae) in the Alps of northwestern Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology, 66: 45 - 49.
  7. Miaud, C., Andreone, F., Ribéron, A., De Michelis, S., Clima, V., Castanet, J., Francillon-Vieillot, H. and Guyétant, R. (2001) Variations in age, size at maturity and gestation duration among two neighbouring populations of the alpine salamander (Salamandra lanzai). Journal of Zoology, London, 254: 251 - 260.
  8. Andreone, F., Miaud, C., Bergò, P., Doglio, S., Stocco, P., Ribéron, A. and Muratet, P. in press. Living at high altitudes: testing the natural history traits upon the conservation of Salamandra lanzai. Italian Journal of Zoology.