Common names: long-tailed salamander, longtail salamander

Eurycea longicauda is a species of lungless salamander

Lungless salamander

The Plethodontidae, or Lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. Most species are native to the western hemisphere, from British Columbia to Brazil, although a few species are found in Sardinia, Europe south of the Alps, and South Korea...

 native to the Appalachian Region of the eastern United States

United States

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. This is a "cave salamander" that frequents twilight zone

Twilight zone

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s of caves and also inhabits springs and surrounding forest. Body color varies from yellow to orange-red to red with random black spots.

Subspecies

The E. longicauda group is divided into two subspecies:

• E. longicauda longicauda (long-tailed salamander)
• E. longicauda melanopleura (dark-sided salamander)

External links

• http://www.dlia.org/atbi/species/Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Urodela/Plethodontidae/Eurycea_longicauda.shtml