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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.
Northern Arkansas, west of the Black River: Dark-sided salamander: Eurycea melanopleura (Cope, 1894) Not assessed Northern Arkansas, west of the Black River: Many-ribbed salamander: Eurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869) Secure [40] Western-central Arkansas Northern grotto salamander: Eurycea nerea (Bishop, 1944) Not assessed, least concern by IUCN [41]
The name 'cave salamander' can be confusing because the term is also used more generally to describe cave-dwelling salamanders. Despite its name, the cave salamander is much less cave adapted than other cave-dwelling salamanders like the olm or Texas blind salamander. Unlike the more cave-adapted species, the cave salamander is brightly ...
The Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) is a mole salamander native to the northeastern United States, southern and central Ontario, and southwestern Quebec. It was named after Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. [2] [3] It is typically dark gray, brown, or black on its dorsal surface, but a lighter shade on its anterior.
The blackbelly salamander is a medium-sized salamander growing to about 10 to 18 centimetres (3.9 to 7.1 in) long. It is sturdily built with a long tail. The ground colour is dark brown or black with two rows of small pale spots along each side of the back. The underside is usually black but may have pale flecks in young individuals. [3]
This is the more common of the two species of "blackbelly salamander" known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [3] [4] This species and the other blackbelly salamander from the range (the Pisgah black-bellied salamander, D. mavrokoilus) are the first new vertebrate taxa to be discovered in the park's all-taxa biodiversity inventory. [5]
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Their habitats are damp woodlands, forests, and places with soft and wet soil. Seasonally flooded areas are essential for breeding, but the adult salamanders are terrestrial. Like many salamanders, marbled salamanders have poison glands to deter predators. [5] The marbled salamander is the state salamander of North Carolina. [6]