Pyrenean brook salamander

Pyrenean brook salamander
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Calotriton
Species:	C. asper
Binomial name
	Calotriton asper; (Dugès, 1852)
Synonyms
	Triton glacialis Philippe, 1847 (nomen nudum); Hemitriton asper (Dugès, 1852); Hemitriton punctulatus (Dugès, 1852); Molge apsera (Dugès, 1852); Euproctus asper (Dugès, 1852);

The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper), (Aragonese: guardafuents pirenenco; Catalan: tritó pirinenc; Basque: uhandre piriniarra; Spanish: tritón pirenaico), is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in the Pyrenees of Andorra, France, and Spain. The IUCN lists it as least concern.

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