Strinati's cave salamander

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English

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Etymology

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Dedicated to Swiss biospeleologist, zoologist and herpetologist Pierre Strinati.

Noun

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Strinati's cave salamander (plural Strinati's cave salamanders)

  1. A small salamander, Speleomantes strinatii, found in northwest Italy and southeast France.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 127:
      Strinati's cave salamander is one of just seven European cave salamanders, four of which are found only on the island of Sardinia, the others being distributed in southwestern France and Italy, San Marino and Monaco.