Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Speleomantes > Speleomantes flavus

Speleomantes flavus (Stefani's Salamander)

Synonyms: Hydromantes flavus (homotypic); Hydromantes genei flavus; Hydromantoides flavus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Monte Albo cave salamander or Stefani's salamander (Speleomantes flavus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Sardinia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves) in the vicinity of streams. The preferred habitat often has a good covering of damp moss. It reproduces through the direct development of a few terrestrial eggs It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Speleomantes flavus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Speleomantes flavus

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (15 cm)
Litter Size [1]  10
Litters / Year [1]  1
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests France, Italy Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Monte Albo Site of Community Importance 21852 Nuoro, Italy  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocercoides speleomantis <Unverified Name>[2]
Nematotaenia minor[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0