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title: "Green salamander"
description: "Aneides aeneus — Amfibieën. The green salamander (Aneides aeneus) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/green-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Green salamander

> Aneides aeneus — Amfibieën. The green salamander (Aneides aeneus) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Aneides aeneus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2020
- Wikidata: [Q277791](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277791)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27429](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27429)

## Names

- en: Green Salamander
- de: Erzsalamander
- es: Salamandra Verde
- fr: Anéide vert
- nl: Green salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (1895)

## Summary

The green salamander (Aneides aeneus) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It and the Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander (A. caryaensis) are the only currently-described members of the genus Aneides that inhabit any areas in the eastern half of United States (all other Aneides salamanders are found west of the Mississippi River). Rarely seen in the field, the green salamander is an extremely habitat-specific terrestrial species that is seldom found away from its preferred surroundings: moist, shaded rock crevices. Green salamanders have one of the most specialized niches of any salamander.

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

## Photo

![Green salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Niyan Shehan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/212459564

## Machine access

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