Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Speleomantes > Speleomantes imperialis

Speleomantes imperialis (Imperial Cave Salamander)

Synonyms: Hydromantes genei funereus; Hydromantes genei imperialis; Hydromantes imperialis (homotypic); Hydromantoides imperialis; Speleomantes imperialis imperialis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Imperial cave salamander or scented cave salamander (Speleomantes imperialis) 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). It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Speleomantes imperialis

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.921 inches (12.5 cm)
Litter Size [1]  10
Litters / Year [1]  1
Adult Weight [1]  3.92 grams
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
Monti del Gennargentu 110493 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 
Pharyngodon italicus[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