Geotritoni d'Italia

In fact, for the first time, the illustrations provided not only show the gender of the species, but also morphs, sub-adults, and juveniles. Especially using black-and-white line drawings, the book illustrates the cave salamanders’ morphological aspects (cirri, glandular swelling, naso-labial groove, etc.). The iconography shown in Cave Salamanders of Italy basically follows the concept which inspired the previous volume Tadpoles of Italy and thus shows a naturalistic rigour and realistic representation of observed live animals in all their variability, with neat and beautiful paintings resembling naturalistic works of the past, but with a modern edge. The written content, didactic with regards to the species, gives a most up-to-date picture about biological features, also covering the natural general history of such a fascinating group of amphibians in a concise and accurate manner.