Euproctus, the European mountain salamanders, is a genus of salamanders in the family Salamandridae from Sardinia and Corsica.
Species There are two species: Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Euproctus montanus (Savi, 1838) Corsican brook salamander Corsica Euproctus platycephalus (Gravenhorst, 1829) Sardinian brook salamander Sardinia, Italy
The Pyrenean brook salamander used to be included in this genus as Euproctus asper, but was moved to Calotriton in 2005. Its superficial similarity with Euproctus likely represents convergent evolution: strongly depressed head and body, and reduction or even absence of lungs, are adaptations to fast-running, well-oxygenated mountain streams.
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