#1919 · 🐸 amphibians

Spotted Salamander

🇳🇱 Gevlekte molsalamander ·Ambystoma maculatum

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Robert Dobbs · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © AZ Andis Arietta · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Steve Upperman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Adam Garrity · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Michelle Herman · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The spotted salamander or yellow-spotted salamander ( Ambystoma maculatum ) is a mole salamander common in the eastern United States and Canada. The spotted salamander is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina. This salamander ranges from Nova Scotia, to Lake Superior, to southern Georgia and Texas. Its embryos have been found to have symbiotic algae living inside them.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 44,128iNaturalist 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.
44,128 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1802 (224 years ago).