#1938 · 🐸 amphibians

Blue-spotted Salamander

🇳🇱 Blauwgevlekte salamander ·Ambystoma laterale

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The blue-spotted salamander ( Ambystoma laterale ) is a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Their range is known to extend to James Bay to the north, and southeastern Manitoba to the west.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,955iNaturalist 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.
15,955 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Hallowell in 1856 (170 years ago).