Sardinian Cave Salamander

Speleomantes genei

Amphibianstrong against insects, arachnids

Rare

Toxic skin

While active with another amphibian in play, any card that hits it loses 6 HP, without being knocked out (12 with two others).

Speleomantes genei

Photo: © Wouter Beukema (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Insects
Arachnids

Weak against

Reptiles
Fungi

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

The brown cave salamander (Speleomantes genei), also known as Gene's cave salamander, Sardinian cave salamander, or simply Sardinian salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Sardinia (Italy). Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, caves, and subterranean habitats (other than caves). It is threatened by habitat loss.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Brown cave salamander, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 101 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 3.9 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 40
ATK 38
DEF 52

How they’re shared out:

Type: Amphibian: HP 37, ATK 30 and DEF 33 out of 100 to start.