#1881 · 🐸 amphibians

Gold-striped salamander

🇳🇱 Goudstreepsalamander ·Chioglossa lusitanica

NTnear threatened 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sarah Longarini · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tânia Araújo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Óscar Méndez · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Portugal:© Rafael António · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Portugal:© Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Portugal:© Mateus Godinho · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lugo, ES-GA, ES:© Daniel Castanhal García · CC BY 4.0
9. Principado de Asturias, ES-AS-AS, ES:© davidchas · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Portugal:© Amaël Borzée · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The gold-striped salamander , golden-striped salamander , saramaganta or píntega rabilonga ( Chioglossa lusitanica ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is the only species of the genus Chioglossa . It is found in the north-west of Iberia at an altitude of up to 1,300 m.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,678iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
1,678 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1864 (162 years ago).