What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Fire salamander been recorded?

Salamandra salamandra occurrence evidence comes from 13,102 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1879 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

Fire salamander
Fire salamander — Photo (display-sized rendition): Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AmphibiaCaudataSalamandridaeSalamandra

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

13,102 records across 30 countries and territories, 1879–2026.

Salamandra salamandra · GBIF taxon key 2431776

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18792026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Fire salamander has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Fire salamander. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Belgium 6,166
Germany 3,432
Austria 1,670
Spain 861
Luxembourg 506
Italy 143
France 113
Portugal 31
Slovakia 21
Czechia 18
Switzerland 15
Iran 14
Slovenia 14
Romania 13
Croatia 12
Israel 12
Greece 10
Poland 10
Bulgaria 9
Hungary 9
Andorra 5
Ukraine 5
Netherlands 4
Bosnia & Herzegovina 2
Serbia 2
Albania 1
Morocco 1
Montenegro 1
Türkiye 1
Kosovo 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.