Plethodon albagula
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The western slimy salamander (Plethodon albagula), also known as the whitethroat slimy salamander or white-throated slimy salamander, is a species of salamander. It is endemic to the United States of America and found in two disjunct populations, one from Missouri to Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and another in south-central Texas. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
No species of the same family or order lives in Austin, so these are its closest relatives here: other amphibians.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Slimy Salamander sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 279 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 13 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Western Slimy Salamander in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in June to September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Slimy Salamander sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Austin, in our data
Austin is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Slimy Salamander sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Slimy Salamander is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Austin (279 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
