Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Eurycea > Eurycea longicaudaEurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander)Synonyms: Cylindrosoma longicauda; Eurycea longicauda longicauda; Eurycea longicauda melanopleura; Eurycea longicauda pernix; Eurycea melanopleura; Geotriton longicauda; Plethodon longicauda; Salamandra longicauda; Saurocercus longicauda; Spelerpes longicauda; Spelerpes melanopleura; Spelerpes melanopleurus; Spelerpes stejnegeri Eurycea longicauda — known as the long-tailed salamander or longtail salamander — 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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 19.13 EDGE Score: 3 |
| Adult Length [1] | 8 inches (20 cm) | | Litter Size [1] | 84 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Nocturnal [1] | Yes |  | | Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | | Female Maturity [1] | 1 year | | Male Maturity [1] | 1 year |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Antietam National Battlefield |
III |
3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
V |
7622 |
Georgia, United States |
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
II |
24907 |
Ohio, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park |
V |
216 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
VI |
715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Mount Mitchell State Park |
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North Carolina, United States |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park |
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20001 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data. ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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