Calotriton asper
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Pyrenean brook salamander or Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper), (Aragonese: guardafuents pirenenco; Catalan: tritó pirinenc; Basque: uhandre piriniarra; Spanish: tritón pirenaico), is a largely aquatic species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in the Pyrenees of Andorra, France, and Spain. The IUCN lists it as least concern.
The Pyrenean brook salamander grows to about 16 cm (6.3 in) in length, half of which is the laterally flattened tail. The females are usually larger than the males. The body is sturdy with a flattened head and small eyes, and the limbs are short. There are no parotoid glands and the skin is covered with small, rough tubercles. The colour is very variable, the upper side usually being some shade of olive, grey, charcoal, or muddy brown, sometimes mottled with ochre, with an intermittent yellowish stripe down the spine. The underside has a row of dark splotches at either side and the centre is red, orange, or yellow. The male has a rounded cloacal swelling while the female has a conical one.
The Pyrenean brook salamander is endemic to the Pyrenees and surrounding mountains and is found at altitudes... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Faunístico de Lacuniacha | 🇪🇸 Spain |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other amphibians.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pyrenean Brook Salamander sighting in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pyrenean Brook Salamander in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March and April, the lowest months. January and February have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pyrenean Brook Salamander 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Pyrenean Brook Salamander sightings, Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pyrenean Brook Salamander is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (56 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.
