#1896 · 🐸 amphibians

Corsican Fire Salamander

🇳🇱 Corsicaanse Vuursalamander ·Salamandra corsica

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © François-Xavier Taxil · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © François-Xavier Taxil · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © rbeunen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. Corse-du-Sud, Corse, FR:© Q. Scouflaire · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Corse, FR:© Q. Scouflaire · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Haute-Corse, Corse, FR:© Mark Gurney · CC BY 4.0
7. Corse-du-Sud, Corse, FR:© Rafał Borycki · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Haute-Corse, Corse, FR:© Thomas Dalley · CC BY 4.0
9. Corse, FR:© ulysse_lafond · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Corse, FR:© philadelphe william · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Corsican fire salamander ( Salamandra corsica ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found only on the island of Corsica as an endemic species. In former times, this species was known as a subspecies of the widespread but continental-distributed fire salamander, which may appear quite similar.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 441iNaturalist 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.
441 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Paolo Savi in 1838 (188 years ago).