#1901 · 🐸 amphibians

Corsican brook salamander

🇳🇱 Corsicaanse Beeksalamander ·Euproctus montanus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

The Corsican brook salamander or Corsican mountain newt ( Euproctus montanus ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is endemic to Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 299iNaturalist 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.
299 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Gaetano Savi in 1838 (188 years ago).