Low altitudinal distribution of Salamandra salamandra from the Balkan Peninsula

摘要: The fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) is a common European amphibian species of the Caudata order, Salamandridae family, which characterized by black body and several yellow spots or stripes (Arnold Ovenden, 2002). salamander distributed through large parts western, central, southern Europe, including main three Mediterranean peninsulas: Iberian, Apennine, Balkan. Its distribution in western central Europe relatively continuous (except for British Isles). However, rather discontinuous (Gasc et al., 1997), although this probably result lack data. Fire salamanders usually inhabit thick broadleaved mixed forests, especially beech oak but they can also occur treeless regions (Juszczyk, 1987; Opatrný, 1992). They near water bodies,