SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN THE GETIC PIEDMONT, ROMANIA: GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, STATUS AND CONSERVATION
Severus-Daniel COVACIU-MARCOV1*, Alfred-Ştefan CICORT-LUCACIU1, Felicia Nicoleta SUCEA2 & Istvan SAS1
1University of Oradea, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Universităţii Str. 1, Oradea 410087, Romania
2Parcul National Defileul Jiului, Lt. Col. Dumitru Petrescu Str. 3, Târgu Jiu, Gorj County
*Corresponding author e-mail: sever.covaciu@yahoo.com
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Abstract
In 2009 and 2010 we identified seven Salamandra salamandra populations in the Getic Piedmont from south-western Romania. The salamanders come down to the southern limit of the piedmont, reaching altitudes of 201 meters. All of the seven populations are found in afforested areas. The S. salamandra populations from the Getic Piedmont seem to be in contact with those from the Southern Carpathians, indicating a continuous distribution range of the species in the region. The salamanders are directly exposed to anthropogenic pressure in the form of clearings of forests, road kills and waste dumping. The future survival of the salamanders in the Getic Piedmont depends on the protection of the forest habitats that they live in.
Keywords:
- Salamandra
- salamandra
- Getic
- Piedmont
- geographic
- distribution
- conservation
- low
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Severus-Daniel COVACIU-MARCOV, Alfred-Ştefan CICORT-LUCACIU, Felicia Nicoleta SUCEA & Istvan SAS (2012). SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN THE GETIC PIEDMONT, ROMANIA: GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, STATUS AND CONSERVATION
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