#1931 · 🐸 amphibians

Ensatina

Ensatina eschscholtzii

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © randomtruth · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
4. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
5. © J. Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
7. United States:© Amy · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Santa Barbara County, CA, USA:© Marshal Hedin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Santa Cruz, CA, USA:© Christian Schwarz · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. California, US:© Marshal Hedin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Ensatina eschscholtzii (commonly known by its genus name, Ensatina ) is a complex of plethodontid (lungless) salamanders found in coniferous forests, oak woodland and chaparral from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon, across California (where all seven subspecies variations are located), all the way down to Baja California in Mexico. 5 million years ago.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 26,040iNaturalist 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.
26,040 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1850 (176 years ago).