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title: "Riparian Woodlouse"
description: "Hyloniscus riparius — Otros animales. Hyloniscus riparius is a species of woodlouse found in Central and Eastern Europe and subsequently introduced to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/riparian-woodlouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Riparian Woodlouse

> Hyloniscus riparius — Otros animales. Hyloniscus riparius is a species of woodlouse found in Central and Eastern Europe and subsequently introduced to North America.

- Scientific name: *Hyloniscus riparius*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1961
- Wikidata: [Q2580224](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580224)
- iNaturalist taxon: [469870](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469870)

## Names

- en: Riparian Woodlouse
- de: Ufer-Assel
- fr: Cloporte des rivages

## Countries with the most observations

US (369), RU (349), PL (132), DE (105), AT (82), CA (53), FR (39), HU (25), CH (22), UA (21), CZ (12), BE (11)

## Summary

Hyloniscus riparius is a species of woodlouse found in Central and Eastern Europe and subsequently introduced to North America. It is strongly associated with flood plains and can tolerate periods of up to eight weeks submerged under water. In North America, it was first found at St. John's, Newfoundland in 1951, and later in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

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

## Photo

![Riparian Woodlouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/riparian-woodlouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6303374

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/riparian-woodlouse?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).