#1967 · 🐸 amphibians

Northwestern Salamander

Ambystoma gracile

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The northwestern salamander ( Ambystoma gracile ) inhabits the northwest Pacific Coast of North America. 7 in (220 mm) in length. It is found from southeastern Alaska on May Island, through Washington and Oregon south to the mouth of the Gulala River, Sonoma County, California. It occurs from sea level to the timberline, but not east of the Cascade Divide. Its range includes Vancouver Island in British Columbia and The San Juan Islands,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,574iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,574 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1859 (167 years ago).