Eurycea longicauda
| Long-tailed salamander | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Eurycea |
| Species: | E. longicauda |
| Binomial name | |
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Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818 |
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Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818
Eurycea longicauda — known as the long-tailed salamander or longtail salamander — 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. Body color varies from yellow to orange-red to red with random black spots.
There are two subspecies:
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