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title: "Gespikkelde nekotter"
description: "Hydrictis maculicollis — Zoogdieren. The spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis), or speckle-throated otter, is an otter native to sub-Saharan Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spotted-necked-otter
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gespikkelde nekotter

> Hydrictis maculicollis — Zoogdieren. The spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis), or speckle-throated otter, is an otter native to sub-Saharan Africa.

- Scientific name: *Hydrictis maculicollis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 281
- Wikidata: [Q577677](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577677)
- iNaturalist taxon: [417389](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/417389)

## Names

- en: Spotted-necked Otter
- de: Fleckenhalsotter
- es: Nutria de Cuello Manchado
- fr: Loutre à cou tacheté
- nl: Gespikkelde nekotter
- pt: Lontra-de-pescoço-pintado
- pl: Wydra plamoszyja

## Countries with the most observations

UG (65), ZA (40), NA (20), BW (15), GA (12), TZ (11), ZM (11), AO (9), CD (4), KE (4), RW (3)

## Summary

The spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis), or speckle-throated otter, is an otter native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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

## Photo

![Gespikkelde nekotter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-necked-otter/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37485501

## Machine access

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