#1879 · 🐸 amphibians

Northern Spectacled Salamander

🇳🇱 Noordelijke Brilsalamander ·Salamandrina perspicillata

ENendangered 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrea Chemello · CC BY 4.0
3. © Chaline Olivier · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © luca tringali · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Riserva Naturale Macchia di Gattaceca e Macchia del Barco:© Stefano Doglio · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Perugia, Umbria, IT:© Andrea Poggi · CC BY 4.0
8. 40037 Sasso Marconi BO, Italia:© Franco Barbadoro · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 55040 Stazzema, Lucques, Italie:© Mathieu Pélissié · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Riserva Naturale Macchia di Gattaceca e Macchia del Barco:© Stefano Doglio · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern spectacled salamander ( Salamandrina perspicillata ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found only in Italy.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,813iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

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.
1,813 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Gaetano Savi in 1821 (205 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.