Salamandra
Genus of amphibians
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Salamandra is a genus of six species of salamanders localized in central and southern Europe, Northern Africa, and western Asia.
| Salamandra Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Salamandra atra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Salamandrinae |
| Genus: | Salamandra Laurenti, 1768 |
| Type species | |
| Lacerta salamandra | |
| Species | |
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List of species
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 | North African fire salamander | Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883 | Algeria and Morocco |
 | alpine salamander | Salamandra atra Laurenti, 1768 | central, eastern and Dinaric Alps |
 | Corsican fire salamander | Salamandra corsica Savi, 1838 | Corsica |
 | Near Eastern fire salamander | Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885 | Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey |
 | Lanza's alpine salamander | Salamandra lanzai Nascetti, Andreone, Capula et Bullini, 1988 | France and Italy. |
 | fire salamander | Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) | southern and central Europe |
