Endemic Species
The Checklist of the Species of the Italian Fauna includes 4777 endemic animal species.
Unique Mammals include the Corsican Hare, Sardinian Long-eared Bat, the Apennine Shrew, the Udine Shrew the Calabria Pine Vole and the Sardinian Deer.
Endemic amphibians and reptiles include the Spectacled Salamander, the Sardinian Cave Salamander, Italian Cave Salamander Monte Albo Cave Salamander, the, the Sardinian Brook Newt, the Italian Newt, the Italian Frog, the Apennine Yellow-bellied Toad the Sicilian Green Toad, the Aeolian Wall Lizard, the Sicilian Wall Lizard, the Italian Aesculapian Snake and the Sicilian Pond Turtle.
Endemic fish include the Bergatino Loach, the Italian Barbel the Brook Chub Arno Goby, the Garda Carp, the Carpione del Fibreno and the Timavo Sculpin.
Endemic Lepidoptera are listed here it:Farfalle e falene endemiche dell'Italia.A notable species is the European Owl Moth found only in Southern Italy.
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