#1954 · 🐸 amphibians

Arboreal Salamander

Aneides lugubris

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Adam J. Searcy · CC BY 4.0
2. © kmedak · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bill Bouton · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Craig Howell · CC BY 4.0
5. © J. Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Doubletree Ln, Livermore, CA, US:© lisalivingston · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Santa Cruz County:© nothingmajor · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pacific Grove High School, Pacific Grove, CA, US:© Kuoni W · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA:© Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
10. California, US:© Oonagh Degenhardt · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The arboreal salamander ( Aneides lugubris ) is a species of climbing salamander. An insectivore, it is native to California and Baja California, where it is primarily associated with oak and sycamore woodlands, and thick chaparral.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,719iNaturalist 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.
10,719 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Hallowell in 1849 (177 years ago).