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Wikipedia / Euproctus

Euproctus, the European mountain salamanders, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae from Sardinia and Corsica.

Species

There are two species:

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Scientific name

Common name

Distribution

Euproctus montanus (Savi, 1838)

Corsican brook salamander

Corsica

Euproctus platycephalus (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Sardinian brook salamander

Sardinia, Italy

The Pyrenean brook salamander used to be included in this genus as Euproctus asper, but was moved to Calotriton in 2005. Its superficial similarity with Euproctus likely represents convergent evolution: strongly depressed head and body, and reduction or even absence of lungs, are adaptations to fast-running, well-oxygenated mountain streams.

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