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title: "Spring Salamander"
description: "Gyrinophilus porphyriticus — Anfibi. The spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/spring-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spring Salamander

> Gyrinophilus porphyriticus — Anfibi. The spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders).

- Scientific name: *Gyrinophilus porphyriticus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 5684
- Wikidata: [Q1594065](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1594065)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27500](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27500)

## Names

- en: Spring Salamander
- de: Porphyrsalamander
- es: Salamandra primaveral
- fr: Gyrinophile du Nord
- nl: Spring salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (5162), CA (149)

## Summary

The spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). It is found in Canada and the United States. The genus, Gyrinophilus, means "tadpole lover" and refers to the long period of time it spends as a gilled larva before maturing. The specific epithet, porphyriticus, is Latin from Greek, meaning the color of porphyry, a purple stone, and this salamander has also been called the purple salamander.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, inland karsts, and caves. In addition to insects…

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

## Photo

![Spring Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spring-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8831911

## Machine access

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