Tuesday, December 20, 2005

one salamander species found only in one cave?


The Alliance for Zero Extinction has pulled together a website highlighting species threatened with extinction. One of the species listed is the Gorgan Salamander, Batrachuperus gorganensis. The Gorgan Salamander has only been found in Iran in a single cave and it's associated stream. Because all individuals occur within a very small range this species has been listed by IUCN because of the high risk of extinction.

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