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.
