#1899 · 🐸 amphibians

Ambrosi's Cave Salamander

🇳🇱 Ambrosis Grottensalamander ·Speleomantes ambrosii

CRcritically endangered 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Wouter Beukema · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Wouter Beukema · CC BY 4.0
3. © Elan Zucchetti · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Liguria, IT:© no rights reserved · CC0
5. La Spezia, Liguria, IT:© adneumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. La Spezia, Liguria, IT:© adneumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. La Spezia, Liguria, IT:© adneumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. La Spezia, Liguria, IT:© adneumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. La Spezia, Liguria, IT:© adneumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. La Spezia, Liguria, IT:© adneumann · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ambrosi's cave salamander , the French cave salamander , or the Spezia cave salamander ( Speleomantes ambrosii ) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. Endemic to southeastern France and northwestern Italy, its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is threatened by habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 354iNaturalist 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.
354 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1954 (72 years ago).
Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.