#1977 · 🐸 amphibians
Seal Salamander
🇳🇱 Zeehondsalamander ·Desmognathus monticola
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what is it?
The seal salamander ( Desmognathus monticola ) is a species of lungless salamander that is endemic to the Eastern United States.
base stats
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.
- 7,317 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Emmett Reid Dunn in 1916 (110 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Seal Salamander
- Nederlands
- Zeehondsalamander
- scientific name
- Desmognathus monticola
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Caudata
- family
- Plethodontidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,317
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1916 by Emmett Reid Dunn
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Plethodontidae
#1907 📷 10Eastern Red-backed Salamander
🇳🇱 Roodrugsalamander
Plethodon cinereus
LC 🌍 106.9k seen
#1928 📷 10California Slender Salamander
🇳🇱 Californische slanke salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus
LC 🌍 29.8k seen
#1931 📷 10Ensatina
Ensatina eschscholtzii
LC 🌍 26k seen
#1934 📷 7Northern Two-lined Salamander
🇳🇱 Tweestreepsalamander
Eurycea bislineata
LC 🌍 19.4k seen
#1935 📷 10Northern Slimy Salamander
🇳🇱 Kleverige salamander
Plethodon glutinosus
LC 🌍 17.1k seen
#1939 📷 10Southern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera
LC 🌍 15.8k seen
#1954 📷 10Arboreal Salamander
Aneides lugubris
LC 🌍 10.7k seen
#1955 📷 10Northern Dusky Salamander
🇳🇱 Bruine beeksalamander
Desmognathus fuscus
LC 🌍 10.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 27413, Wikidata Q785882, GBIF 2431233, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.