Desmognathus santeetlah
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Santeetlah dusky salamander (Desmognathus santeetlah) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Santeetlah Dusky Salamander sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 143 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 36 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Santeetlah Dusky Salamander in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December and January, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Santeetlah Dusky Salamander sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Santeetlah Dusky Salamander sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Desmognathus
The closest relatives of the Santeetlah Dusky Salamander that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (genus Desmognathus, Dusky Salamanders) are Seal Salamander (about 40%), Imitator Salamander (about 40%) and Pygmy Salamander (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Santeetlah Dusky Salamander is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (143 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
