Peruvian Climbing Salamander

Peruvian Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa peruviana

Silhouette: C. Camilo Julián-Caballero · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Yasuní National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

10 Verified sightings at Yasuní National Park From 2019 to 2026
10 In 1 park
November Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Peruvian Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa peruviana is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Closest Relatives at Yasuní National Park

No species of the same family or order lives in Yasuní National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other amphibians.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Peruvian Climbing Salamander in Yasuní National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peruvian Climbing Salamander sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 49 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.

When is the best time to see a Peruvian Climbing Salamander in Yasuní National Park?

November

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Peruvian Climbing Salamander in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, August–October and December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Peruvian Climbing Salamander?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peruvian Climbing Salamander sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Peruvian Climbing Salamander?

Only Yasuní National Park, in our data

Yasuní National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Peruvian Climbing Salamander sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Peruvian Climbing Salamander sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Peruvian Climbing Salamander is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Yasuní National Park (10 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.

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