Salamandrella keyserlingii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Salamandrella keyserlingii, the Siberian salamander, is a species of salamander found in Northeast Asia. It lives in wet woods and riparian groves. It is found primarily in Siberia east of the Sosva River and the Urals, in the East Siberian Mountains, including the Verkhoyansk Range, northeast to the Anadyr Highlands, east to the Kamchatka Peninsula and south into Manchuria, with outlying populations also in northern Kazakhstan and Mongolia, northeastern China, and on the Korean Peninsula. It is believed to be extirpated from South Korea. An isolated population exists on Hokkaidō, Japan, in the Kushiro Shitsugen National Park. A breeding ground of Siberian salamanders in Paegam, South Hamgyong, is designated North Korean natural monument #360.
Adults are from 9.0 to 12.5 cm in length. Their bodies are bluish-brown in color, with a purple stripe along the back. Thin, dark brown stripes occur between and around the eyes, and also sometimes on the tail. Four clawless toes are on each foot. The tail is longer than the body. Males are typically smaller than females.
The species is known for surviving deep freezes (as low as −50 °C). They accomplish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Otaru Aquarium | 🇯🇵 Japan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Newt sighting in Yekaterinburg on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Newt in Yekaterinburg on a given day, against under 5% in June, September and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of Yekaterinburg's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Siberian Newt sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Yekaterinburg, in our data
Yekaterinburg is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Siberian Newt sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Siberian Newt is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Yekaterinburg (23 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.
