Salamanders
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Aggtelek and Slovak Karst | fire salamander (UNEP-WCMC) | |
Amami-Oshima Island | Sword-tail newt (Cynops ensicauda), Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni) (Executive summary, p. 27) | |
Central Amazon Conservation Complex | 3 species of worm-salamanders | |
Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands | Caucasian salamander | |
Fanjingshan | Chinese Giant Salamander | |
Ferrara | The Italian crested newt in the Regional Park of the Po Delta. | |
Great Smoky Mountains | Red-cheeked Salamander (Plethodon jordani) 27 species of salamander are found in the park, considered the most diverse in the world - nomination file | |
Hawraman/Uramanat | Kurdistan newt (Neurergus microspilotus) (AB Ev – IUCN) | |
Hubei Shennongjia | Chinese Giant Salamander | |
Jeju | Jeju Salamander (Hynobius quelpartensis) - nomination file | |
Mount Wuyi | Chinese giant salamander, the largest salamander in the world | |
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin | Northern crested newt in the lac d'Amaury | |
Olympic National Park | Olympic torrent salamander (Endemic) | |
Putorana Plateau | Siberian salamander | |
Skocjan Caves | proteus or cave salamander (UNEP-WCMC) | |
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch | alpine salamander (UNEP-WCMC) | |
Volcanoes of Kamchatka | Siberian salamander | |
Wulingyuan | Chinese giant salamander | |
Yellowstone | Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) - nomination file | |
Yosemite National Park | Mount Lyell Salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) - nomination file |
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