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title: "Northern Spectacled Salamander"
description: "Salamandrina perspicillata — Amfibieën. Salamandrina perspicillata, the northern spectacled salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Italy."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/northern-spectacled-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Spectacled Salamander

> Salamandrina perspicillata — Amfibieën. Salamandrina perspicillata, the northern spectacled salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Italy.

- Scientific name: *Salamandrina perspicillata*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1797
- Wikidata: [Q290278](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290278)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64384](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64384)

## Names

- en: Northern Spectacled Salamander
- de: Nördlicher Brillensalamander
- es: Salamandra de anteojos norteña
- fr: Salamandrine à lunettes

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1592)

## Summary

Salamandrina perspicillata, the northern spectacled salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Italy.
The IUCN Red List follows Mattoccia et al. (2005) and Canestrelli et al. (2006) in separating Salamandrina perspicillata from Salamandrina terdigitata which is found further south.
The Salamander undergoes a long development period. Once the female salamander spawn in a body of water, the eggs begin to hatch into larvae, these larvae are unrecognizable until they develop via metamorphosis when they develop their unique markings.

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

## Photo

![Northern Spectacled Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-spectacled-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Raffaele Maiorano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347264441

## Machine access

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