65.2111 - Alpine Speleomantes caves

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Caves harbouring the salamander Speleomantes ambrosii (Hydromantes ambrosii) of southeastern France and northern Italy, with several races of extremely local distribution, in particular, in the Ligurian Alps, the Maritime alps, the Provence Alpes.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Nöllert and Nöllert, 1992: 235-236.