Eurycea longicauda
| Long-tailed salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Eurycea |
| Species: | E. longicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818 | |
The long-tailed salamander,[1] or longtail salamander,[2] Eurycea longicauda, is a species of lungless salamander native to the Appalachian Region of the eastern United States. This is a "cave salamander" that frequents twilight zones of caves and also inhabits springs and surrounding forest. Body color varies from yellow to orange-red to red with random black spots.[2]
Subspecies
The dark-sided subspecies from Ozark County, Missouri
The E. longicauda group is divided into two subspecies:[3]
- E. l. longicauda (long-tailed salamander)
- E. l. melanopleura (dark-sided salamander)
References
- ↑ Crother et al. (2008). "Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed". Herpetological Circular #37.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conant, R.; Collins, J.T. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians: eastern and central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-90452-8.
- ↑ Petranka, J.W. (1998). Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Ireland, P.H. 1974. Reproduction and larval development of the dark-sided salamander Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (Green). Herpetologica 30:338-343.
External links
Data related to Eurycea longicauda at Wikispecies
Media related to Eurycea longicauda at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.dlia.org/atbi/species/Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Urodela/Plethodontidae/Eurycea_longicauda.shtml
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/full/59268/0