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Ovim istraživanjem potvrđena je prisutnost crnog daždevnjaka (Salamandra atra) u Parku prirode Žumberak - Samoborsko gorje, gdje je prethodno zabilježena samo jedna jedinka 1989. godine. Prisutnost i rasprostranjenost vrste istraživani su tijekom vegetacijske sezone 2004. godine na deset različitih lokaliteta u sastojinama planinske bukove šume. U srpnju 2004. g. pronađeno je pet jedinki (četiri mužjaka i jedna ženka) crnog daždevnjaka u bukovoj prašumskoj sastojini Kuta (na oko 900 m n. v.), za vrijeme vremenskih prilika praćenih jakom kišom. Ovo je najsjeverniji nalaz vrste u Hrvatskoj, koji ukazuje da Žumberak predstavlja disjunktni dio njezinog areala u Dinaridima. U radu su predložene mjere zaštite vrste, međutim, za donošenje preciznijeg plana zaštite potrebna su dodatna istraživanja rasprostranjenosti i ekologije ove vrste., This study confirms the presence of Alpine salamander (Salamandra atra) in the Nature Park Žumberak - Samoborsko gorje, where previously only one specimen was recorded in 1989. Species presence and distribution were investigated at ten different localities in stands of montane beech forest, during the vegetation season 2004. In July 2004 five individuals (four males and one female) of Alpine salamander were found in the virgin beech forest at site Kuta (about 900 m a.s.l.), during weather conditions characterized by heavy rain. This is the northernmost finding of the species in Croatia, as well as a confirmed disjunctive part of its areal in the Dinarids. Conservation measures for the species are proposed but for more precise conservation plan further research of species distribution and ecology is needed.