North African fire salamander

North African fire salamander
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Salamandra
Species:	S. algira
Binomial name
*Salamandra algira* Bedriaga, 1883

The North African fire salamander (Salamandra algira) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and possibly Tunisia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Subspecies

S. a. algira Mt. Edough (Algeria)-Neotype
S. a. tingitana Jabal Mousa (Morocco)
S. a. spelaea Ouartass (Morocco)

Source

↑ "'Salamandra algira'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2012.

Donaire-Barroso, D., Martinez-Solano, I., Salvador, A., Garcia-Paris, M., Gil, E.R., Tahar, S. & El Mouden, E.H. 2004.

Salamanders in the Salamandra genus

Salamandra algira Salamandra atra Salamandra corsica Salamandra infraimmaculata Salamandra lanzai Salamandra salamandra

Caudate families by suborder

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Craniata Superclass Tetrapoda Class Amphibia

Cryptobranchoidea	Cryptobranchidae Hynobiidae

Salamandroidea	Ambystomatidae Amphiumidae Dicamptodontidae Plethodontidae Proteidae Rhyacotritonidae Salamandridae

Sirenoidea	Sirenidae

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