Eurycea longicauda

Longtail 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)

Common names: longtail salamander^[1], long-tailed salamander^[2]

Eurycea longicauda is a species of lungless salamander. It is endemic to the eastern United States. This is a "cave salamander" that frequents twilight zones of caves, occaisonally found away from precipices under debris, rocks and seepage areas with moss.^[3] Ground color varies from tan, yellow, orange-red and even bright red.^[1]

Subspecies

The E. longicauda group is divided into three subspecies:^[1]

E. longicauda longicauda (longtail salamander)
E. longicauda guttolineata (three-lined salamander)
E. longicauda melanopleura (dark-sided salamander)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins ; illustrated by Isabelle Hunt Conant and Tom R. Johnson. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians : eastern and central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395904528.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/animals_plants/herps/species/eu_longica.html
^ Stanley E. Trauth, Henry W. Robison, and Michael V. Plummer ; illustrated by Renn Tumlison. (2004). The amphibians and reptiles of Arkansas. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1557287376.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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

External links

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[peterson-1] Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins ; illustrated by Isabelle Hunt Conant and Tom R. Johnson. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians : eastern and central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395904528.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] ttp://www.inhs.illinois.edu/animals_plants/herps/species/eu_longica.html

[trauth-3] Stanley E. Trauth, Henry W. Robison, and Michael V. Plummer ; illustrated by Renn Tumlison. (2004). The amphibians and reptiles of Arkansas. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1557287376.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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