#1968 · 🐸 amphibians

Long-toed Salamander

🇳🇱 Langteensalamander ·Ambystoma macrodactylum

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The long-toed salamander ( Ambystoma macrodactylum , Baird 1849) is a mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. 5 in) long when mature, is characterized by its mottled black, brown, and yellow pigmentation, and its long outer fourth toe on the hind limbs. Analysis of fossil records, genetics, and biogeography suggest A. macrodactylum and A. laterale are descended from a common ancestor that gained access to the western Cordillera with the loss of the mid-continental seaway toward the...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,286iNaturalist 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.
8,286 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1950 (76 years ago).