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title: "Pyreneeënbeeksalamander"
description: "Calotriton asper — Amfibieën. The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper), (Aragonese: guardafuents pirenenco; Catalan: tritó pirinenc; Basque: uhandre piriniarra; Spanish: tritón pirenaico), is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pyrenean-brook-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pyreneeënbeeksalamander

> Calotriton asper — Amfibieën. The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper), (Aragonese: guardafuents pirenenco; Catalan: tritó pirinenc; Basque: uhandre piriniarra; Spanish: tritón pirenaico), is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.

- Scientific name: *Calotriton asper*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 953
- Wikidata: [Q1425484](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1425484)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64373](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64373)

## Names

- en: Pyrenean Brook Salamander
- de: Pyrenäen-Gebirgsmolch
- es: Tritón Pirenaico
- fr: Calotriton des Pyrénées
- nl: Pyreneeënbeeksalamander
- pl: Traszka pirenejska

## Countries with the most observations

FR (459), ES (426), AD (16)

## Summary

The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper), (Aragonese: guardafuents pirenenco; Catalan: tritó pirinenc; Basque: uhandre piriniarra; Spanish: tritón pirenaico), is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in the Pyrenees of Andorra, France, and Spain. The IUCN lists it as least concern.

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

## Photo

![Pyreneeënbeeksalamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pyrenean-brook-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yoel Centeno · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/398440370

## Machine access

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