Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Salamandridae > Chioglossa > Chioglossa lusitanica

Chioglossa lusitanica (gold striped salamander)

Synonyms: Chioglossa lusitanica brevidigitata; Chioglossa lusitanica longipes; Chioglossa lusitanica lusitanica

Wikipedia Abstract

The gold-striped salamander, golden-striped salamander, saramaganta or píntega rabilonga (Chioglossa lusitanica) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is the only species of the genus Chioglossa.It is found in the north-west of Iberia at an altitude of up to 1,300 m. Its natural habitats are moist deciduous forests with bushes, mosses, often under stones near rocky streams or caves.It is threatened by habitat loss. The species has two described subspecies, C. l. lusitanica and C. l. longipes
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
18
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
66
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 36.7
EDGE Score: 5.02
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (16 cm)
Litter Size [1]  20
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Adult Weight [1]  4.2 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  4 years
Male Maturity [1]  4 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cantabrian mixed forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Northwest Iberian montane forests Portugal, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

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.
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