#1955 · 🐸 amphibians

Northern Dusky Salamander

🇳🇱 Bruine beeksalamander ·Desmognathus fuscus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Tina Marie Camp Scheff · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
3. © bugman83 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Rob Curtis · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States:© Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
6. Raymond, NH 03077, USA:© Matthew K · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Houghton, NY:© Dave Huth · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Indiana, US:© Richard D Reams · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Northport, ME 04849, USA:© wanderingeden · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. United States:© Drew Chaney · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Desmognathus fuscus is a species of amphibian in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). The species is commonly called the dusky salamander or northern dusky salamander to distinguish it from populations in the southern United States which form a separate species, the southern dusky salamander ( D. auriculatus ). The northern dusky salamander is the most widespread representative of its genus in Canada. It can be found in eastern North America from extreme eastern Canada in New Brunswick south...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,672iNaturalist 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.
10,672 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1820 (206 years ago).