#1865 · 🐸 amphibians

Lanza's Alpine Salamander

🇳🇱 Lanza's Alpenlandsalamander ·Salamandra lanzai

CRcritically endangered 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

Lanza's alpine salamander or the large alpine salamander ( Salamandra lanzai ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family, found in France and Italy. Its natural habitats are forests, grasslands, and pasturelands, all of which are temperate. It is threatened by habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,316iNaturalist observations
threat CRcritically endangered

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.
4,316 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.