The Tam Đảo National Park, located in the mountainous region 85 kilometers north of Hanoi, was created in 1996. The park hosts 20 peaks exceeding 1,000 meters in height; Tam Đảo at 1,592 meters is the tallest. It is a small park consisting of 370 square kilometers, but is home to almost 3,000 plant and animal species, some extremely rare.
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Paramesotriton deloustali - The Vietnamese salamander, known locally as Tam Đảo, is found only in Viet Nam and shares its name with the Tam Đảo National Park. The upper body is dark grey to black and blends with the dark forest floor. The abdomen is a strikingly bright reddish-orange. It prefers slow moving streams or deep ponds located in moist montane forests. Vietnamese salamanders forge during the day for insects, tadpoles, worms, and will also eat moss. Habitat loss and poaching are pushing the Vietnamese salamander to the brink of extinction.
