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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.
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 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.
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 ...
Subterranean fauna is found worldwide and includes representatives of many animal groups, mostly arthropods and other invertebrates. However, there is a number of vertebrates (such as cavefishes and cave salamanders), although they are less common. Because of the complexity in exploring underground environments, many subterranean species are ...
As larvae the western grotto salamander lives in springs and streams near cave entrances. [1] As adults, They migrate deep into the caves themselves and live out their lives underground. [1] They prefer waters between 5.5 and 16.5 °C, and feed on small, cave-dwelling invertebrates such as Gammarus, though they are also known to eat guano as well.
The water is usually clear, but may become cloudy after heavy rain, and remains at 18 to 21 °C (64 to 70 °F) throughout the year. Two of the caves in which this species was found at one time have since been destroyed. Other caves in the Florida Caverns State Park are protected and in these, populations of the salamander seem stable. [3]
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"