Corsican fire salamander
salamandra corsica latin

The Corsican fire salamander is threatened by habitat loss, forest works, road construction, and traffic.

The Corsican fire salamander mainly lives in the deciduous mountain forests of the island.

Corsican fire salamander (Salamandra corsica)

The only other salamander on the island is the Corsican fire salamander (Salamandra corsica) which has distinctive black and yellow colouring.

Corsican Fire Salamander (Salamandra corsica)

Genetic analysis suggests thet Corsican fire salamander (Salamandra corsica) is the closest related species, and the black-yellow coloration is an ancestral feature of alpine salamanders.

The Corsican fire salamander (Salamandra corsica) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found only on the island of Corsica as an endemic species.

The German herpetologist Robert Mertens found a pregnant Corsican fire salamander in the Restonica Valley that gave birth to four offspring without gills and already with the characteristic black and yellow of the adults.

There are other species endemic to Corsica especially in the upper mountain ranges, i.e. Corsican Nuthatch, Corsican Fire Salamander and Corsican Brook Salamander and many plant subspecies.

The only other salamander on the island is the Corsican fire salamander (Salamandra corsica) which has distinctive black and yellow colouring.

Corsican Fire Salamander (Salamandra corsica)