#1986 · 🐸 amphibians

Four-toed Salamander

🇳🇱 Vierteensalamander ·Hemidactylium scutatum

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Saunders Drukker · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Amber Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
5. © Alex Novarro · CC BY 4.0
6. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © batwrangler · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Brian.gratwicke · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The four-toed salamander ( Hemidactylium scutatum ) is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America. It is a species of the monotypic genus Hemidactylium .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,257iNaturalist 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.
6,257 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1838 (188 years ago).