#1935 · 🐸 amphibians

Northern Slimy Salamander

🇳🇱 Kleverige salamander ·Plethodon glutinosus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Dominic · CC BY 4.0
2. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dave Huth · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Alabama, US:© Helen A. Czech · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Jackson County, AL, USA:© Jared Gorrell · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Jackson County, AL, USA:© Jared Gorrell · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lang Mountain Rd, Guntersville, AL, US:© Michelle Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Georgia, US:© Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. United States:© Eric C. Maxwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The northern slimy salamander ( Plethodon glutinosus ) is a species of terrestrial plethodontid salamander found throughout much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,075iNaturalist 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.
17,075 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacob Green in 1818 (208 years ago).