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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Subfamily: | Salamandrinae |
| Genus: | Salamandra Laurenti, 1768 |
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Salamandra is a genus of seven species of salamanders localized in central and southern Europe, Northern Africa, and western Asia.
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| North African fire salamander | Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883 | Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and possibly Tunisia | |
 | 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. |
 | long-snouted salamander | Salamandra longirostris Joger and Steinfartz, 1994 | Spain |
 | fire salamander | Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) | southern and central Europe |
Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Salamandrids are distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of their bodies and by their rough skin. Their skin is very granular because of the number of poison glands. They also lack nasolabial grooves. Most species of Salamandridae have moveable eyelids but lack lacrimal glands.
The fire salamander is a common species of salamander found in Europe.
Melanism is the congenital excess of melanin in an organism resulting in dark pigment.
The alpine salamander is a black salamander that can be found in the French Alps, and through the mountainous range in Europe. It is a member of the genus Salamandra. Their species name, atra, may be derived from the Latin ater, meaning dull black. The salamanders' coloration has evolved over time, as some species are completely monochrome black and others have yellow spotting and marks. Their life expectancy is at least 10 years. There are four subspecies of the alpine salamander, with varied distribution and physical coloration. Unlike other salamanders, whose larvae are developed in water, the alpine salamander and its subspecies are a fully terrestrial species in life and gestation. They give birth to live young.
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each other, further blurring any distinctions. Terms that are sometimes used synonymously but have more precise meanings are cryptic species for two or more species hidden under one species name, sibling species for two species that are each other's closest relative, and species flock for a group of closely related species that live in the same habitat. As informal taxonomic ranks, species group, species aggregate, macrospecies, and superspecies are also in use.
Oldham's leaf turtle is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.
The hełm wz. 31 was the basic combat helmet of the Polish Army before the outbreak of World War II and during the Invasion of Poland. The helmet became the basic type of combat headgear for Polish military formations in 1930s and during the early stages of World War II. It was also exported to Persia, Albania and Republican Spain. By September 1939 approximately 320,000 copies were delivered to the Polish Army.
The salamander is an amphibian of the order Urodela which, as with many real creatures, often has been ascribed fantastic and sometimes occult qualities by pre-modern authors not possessed by the real organism. The legendary salamander is often depicted as a typical salamander in shape with a lizard-like form, but is usually ascribed an affinity with fire, sometimes specifically elemental fire.
The Corsican fire salamander is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only on the island of Corsica as an endemic species. In former times, this species was known as a subspecies of the widespread but continental-distributed fire salamander, which may appear quite similar.
The Near Eastern fire salamander, in Arabic arouss al-ayn, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. Its natural habitats are subtropical dry shrubland and forests, often near rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Lanza's alpine salamander or the large alpine salamander is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae, found in France and Italy. Its natural habitats are forests, grasslands, and pasturelands, all of which are temperate. It is threatened by habitat loss and potentially in the future by the fungal disease Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
The Chinese stripe-necked turtle or golden thread turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. They are widely distributed in the subtropical regions of Taiwan.
Salamandra is a Czech speed metal band formed in 1998 in Ostrava. Originally formed by guitarist Pavel Slíva.
Osmets is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-west France.
Pristimantis is a very large genus of frogs distributed in the southern Caribbean islands and in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. With 596 described species, the genus had more species than any other genus of vertebrate animals. Many of these species genus are endemic to the Northwestern Andean montane forests ecoregion in north-western South America.
The W.W.S. 1 Salamandra (Salamander) was a single-seat training glider designed and built in Poland from 1936, and again from 1947 after World War II as IS-A Salamandra.
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Ctimene salamandra is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in New Guinea.
Jörn Köhler is a German herpetologist. He studied biology at the University of Bonn and received a Ph.D. in zoology in 2000, being associated with the Zoologische Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. His main research focus is on taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology of tropical amphibians and reptiles, mainly in South America and Africa. He is founder of BIOPAT in 1999. From 2007 to 2013 he was member of the steering committee of the German Herpetological Society and is Chief Editor of SALAMANDRA - German Journal of Herpetology. Since 2005 he has worked as researcher and curator for vertebrate zoology at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt and has published articles in various scientific journals.
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