#1934 · 🐸 amphibians

Northern Two-lined Salamander

🇳🇱 Tweestreepsalamander ·Eurycea bislineata

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The northern two-lined salamander ( Eurycea bislineata ) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, and urban areas. It is more water-oriented than the related northern redback salamander, and can often be found in and around water such as rain puddles, streams, swamps, and damp stream beds, whereas the northern redback tends...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,356iNaturalist 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.
19,356 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacob Green in 1818 (208 years ago).