Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fire Salamander

Salamandra maculosa Laur. – KOVACHEV (1912)

Salamandra salamandra L. – BURESCH & ZONKOW (1941)

Salamandra salamandra (Linnaues, 1758) – BEKOV & BERON (1964)

Salamandra salamandra (L., 1758) – BESHKOV & NANEV (2002)

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Distribution on the Balkans

Last update: 03.02.2007.

Notes. The exact described localities cover 10,60 % of the Bulgarian UTM-territory. Most of the localities are announced by ANGELOV & KALCHEV (1961), Balej & Jablonski (2006), BESCHKOV (1961, 1972a, 1978), BESCHKOV & ZONTSCHEV (1963), BESHKOV (1993a), BURESCH & ZONKOW (1941), HRISTOVICH (1892), KOVACHEV (1912), KOVATSCHEFF (1903, 1905), MICHEV (1958), MÜLLER (1939), Naumov (1999), NÖLLERT et al. (1986), OBST (1980), PESHEV et al. (2005), PETROV (2004), PETROV & STOEV (1997), PETROV et al. (2001), PETROV et al. (2006), Popgeorgiev (2005), UNDJIAN (2000) and WESTERSTRÖM (2005). Some unpublished localities (from the authors personal data) are also mapped.

Altitudinal division of the localities: according to BESHKOV & NANEV (2002) up to 1600 m a.s.l., but as exception to 2350 m (Pirin mts.).

References: see page  Bibliography

Special references: BESCHKOV & TZONTSCHEV (1963), OBST (1980) and GEISSLER (1982).

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