Three-lined salamander
Three-lined salamander | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Eurycea |
Species: | E. guttolineata |
Binomial name | |
Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838) | |
The three-lined salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Hammerson, G. 2004. Eurycea guttolineata. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 November 2008