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The spotted-tail cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga), a lungless salamander endemic to caves of the eastern United States Eurycea (of North America) and Speleomantes (of Italy and France) are two genera of lungless salamanders with so many individual species termed "cave salamanders" that the entire group is sometimes so designated.
Cave salamanders are typically found in areas with exposed limestone or other calcareous rock, particularly in crevices of rock faces, bluffs and caves. [6] This species is also frequently found hundreds of metres from the mouths of caves, far beyond the twilight zone of the cave. [ 7 ]
The olm (German: ⓘ) or proteus (Proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander which is the only species in the genus Proteus of the family Proteidae [2] and the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe; the family's other extant genus is Necturus.
Speleomantes, or European cave salamanders, are a genus of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders.It is one of two genera in the family to inhabit the Old World (the other being Karsenia), with the remaining 250 or so species being found in North, Central and South America.
However, they are also found in Mexico, the Congos (the DRC and the RotC), Cuba, Australia, and the Philippines. Troglofauna are found worldwide. [8] Troglofaunal salamanders are found in Europe and the U.S. Many caves remain undiscovered due to lack of visible entrances and more habitat exists in fissures, vugs and other spaces above the ...
Speleomantes strinatii, the French cave salamander, North-west Italian cave salamander, or Strinati's cave salamander is a small (10-12.5 cm long) species of salamander found in northwest Italy and southeast France. [1] It is very similar in appearance to the Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus), but has a paler belly. [2]
This category is for articles related to salamanders which have adapted to live within the ecological niche of caves The main article for this category is Cave salamander . Pages in category "Cave salamanders"
It is found in wooded valleys, on rocky outcrops and in caves and underground waters, often in limestone areas, at altitudes of up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea level. [1] An introduced population of this salamander exists in an abandoned quarry in a beech forest near Holzminden, Germany. It is hypothesized that the salamanders have been ...