Eurycea longicauda

Eurycea longicauda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. longicauda
Binomial name
Eurycea longicauda
(Green, 1818)
Synonyms[3]
  • Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818[2]
  • Spelerpes melanopleurus Cope, 1894 "1893"
  • Spelerpes stejnegeri Eigenmann, 1901

Eurycea longicauda, commonly known as the long-tailed salamander[4] or longtail salamander,[5] is a species of lungless salamander native to the Appalachian Region of the eastern United States. It is a "cave salamander" that frequents twilight zones of caves and also inhabits springs and surrounding forest.[5]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Eurycea longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T59268A64164108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T59268A64164108.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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  5. ^ a b Conant, R.; Collins, J.T. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians: eastern and central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-90452-7.