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title: "Gold-striped salamander"
description: "Chioglossa lusitanica — Amphibians. The gold-striped salamander or golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gold-striped-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gold-striped salamander

> Chioglossa lusitanica — Amphibians. The gold-striped salamander or golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.

- Scientific name: *Chioglossa lusitanica*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1645
- Wikidata: [Q1475285](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1475285)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27844](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27844)

## Names

- en: Gold-striped salamander
- de: Goldstreifen-Salamander
- es: Salamandra Rabilarga
- fr: Chioglosse portugais
- nl: Goudstreepsalamander
- pt: Salamandra-lusitânica
- pl: Salamandra luzytańska

## Countries with the most observations

ES (808), PT (766)

## Summary

The gold-striped salamander or golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is the only species of the genus Chioglossa. It is found in the north-west of Iberia (in Portugal and Spain) at an altitude of up to 1,300 m (4,300 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-striped_salamander

## Photo

![Gold-striped salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gold-striped-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Manuel Corbelle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53715546

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gold-striped-salamander?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).