Eurycea longicauda

Long-tailed salamander
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Eurycea
Species:	E. longicauda
Binomial name
Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)
Synonyms
Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818

Eurycea longicauda — known as the long-tailed salamander^[1] or longtail salamander^[2] — 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.^[2]

Subspecies

The dark-sided subspecies from Ozark County, Missouri

There are two subspecies:^[3]

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

References

1. ↑ Crother; et al. (2008). "Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed". Herpetological Circular #37. 
2. 1 2 Conant, R.; Collins, J.T. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians: eastern and central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-90452-8. 
3. ↑ Petranka, J.W. (1998). Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press. 

• Ireland, P.H. 1974. Reproduction and larval development of the dark-sided salamander Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (Green). Herpetologica 30:338-343.

External links

Data related to Eurycea longicauda at Wikispecies Media related to Eurycea longicauda at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.dlia.org/atbi/species/Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Urodela/Plethodontidae/Eurycea_longicauda.shtml
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/full/59268/0