Alpine Salamander 997576 205265089 2008-04-13T04:11:00Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[hu:Alpesi szalamandra]] {{Taxobox | name = Alpine Salamander | status = LC | trend = down | image = Salamandra atra.jpg | image_width = 220px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Caudata]] | familia = [[Salamandridae]] | genus = ''[[Salamandra]]'' | species = '''''S. atra''''' | binomial = ''Salamandra atra'' | binomial_authority = [[Joseph Nicolai Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768 | range_map = Salamandra atra dis.png | range_map_width = 220px }} The '''Alpine Salamander''' ('''''Salamandra atra''''') is a shiny black [[salamander]]. It is found in the [[Central Alps|Central]] and [[Eastern Alps]], at altitudes above 700 [[meter]]s. Adult Alpine Salamanders are approximately 9 to 14 [[centimetre|cm]] in length. Their life expectancy is at least ten years. It is an [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviviparous]] [[Amphibia|amphibian]], giving birth to two live young. Generally, at altitudes of 650-1,000 metres, a pregnancy lasts 2 years, and at altitudes of 1,400 to 1,700 metres, the pregnancy lasts 3 years. A subspecies, the Golden Alpine Salamander (''Salamandra atra aurorae''), is classified as being [[Critically Endangered]] on the [[IUCN Red List]] 2002. This subspecies has golden or yellow spots on its back. ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=Andreone ''et al''|year=2004|id=19843|title=Salamandra atra|downloaded=09 May 2006}} Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern == External links == *{{cite web |url=http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/amphib_query?table=amphib&special=one_record&where-genus=Salamandra&where-species=atra |title=AmphibiaWeb: ''Salamandra atra'' |author=Arie van der Meijden |date=[[1999-12-30]]}} {{wikispecies|Salamandra atra}} [[Category:Salamanders]] [[Category:Amphibians of Europe]] [[de:Alpensalamander]] [[fr:Salamandre noire]] [[it:Salamandra atra]] [[hu:Alpesi szalamandra]] [[nl:Alpenlandsalamander]] [[pl:Salamandra czarna]] [[pt:Salamandra atra]] [[ru:Альпийская саламандра]] [[uk:Європейська чорна саламандра]]