Bolitoglossa altamazonica
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica), also known as the Nauta mushroomtongue salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found on the eastern and lower slopes of the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia and east into adjacent Brazil. Its common name refers to its type locality, Nauta, in the Loreto Province, Peruvian Amazon. It might be a composite of several species.
Adult individuals measure 31–48 mm (1.2–1.9 in) in snout–vent length; the tail is almost as long. Colouration is variable: most individuals are darker dorsally and laterally than ventrally, but some have light dorsal streaking and mottling; others are uniformly dorsally dark-coloured.
Natural habitat of Bolitoglossa altamazonica is lowland rainforest where it occurs on low vegetation. It is a locally common species throughout its range. It is locally threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and planting of trees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
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No species of the same family or order lives in Manu National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other amphibians.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon Climbing Salamander sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 67 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.
August and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon Climbing Salamander in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amazon Climbing Salamander sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Amazon Climbing 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 Amazon Climbing Salamander is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Manu National Park (13 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.
