Species of the Week: Luschan’s Salamander

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EDGE Blog (Zoological Society of London, UK) July 23rd, 2012 09:33 AM: Species of the Week: Luschan’s Salamander

The Salamandridae (“true newts and fire salamanders”) family has around 74 species that diverged from all other salamanders around 200 million years ago, evolving at the feet of the dinosaurs 135 million years before their extinction. Luschan’s salamander (Lyciasalamandra billae) is part of the ancient subfamily Salamandrinae and there are only six other species within [...]
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