#1885 · 🐸 amphibians

Pyrenean Brook Salamander

🇳🇱 Pyreneeënbeeksalamander ·Calotriton asper

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © philadelphe william · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Robin Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
3. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © François-Xavier Taxil · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
6. © mario_mairal · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © angelobregonsierra · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Daniele Seglie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Catalan: tritó pirinenc ; Basque: uhandre piriniarra ; Spanish: tritón pirenaico ), Calotriton asper , is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in the Pyrenees of Andorra, France, and Spain. The IUCN lists it as "near threatened" due to habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 969iNaturalist 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.
969 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alfredo Dugès in 1852 (174 years ago).