Pyrenean brook salamander

Pyrenean brook salamander
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.