Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Eurycea > Eurycea lucifuga

Eurycea lucifuga (Cave Salamander)

Synonyms: Eurycea longicauda lucifuga; Gyrinophilus maculicaudus; Spelerpes lucifuga; Spelerpes maculicauda; Spelerpes maculicaudus

Wikipedia Abstract

The cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga), also known as the spotted-tail salamander, is a species of brook salamander.
View Wikipedia Record: Eurycea lucifuga

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.13
EDGE Score: 3
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (18.1 cm)
Gestation [2]  13 days
Litter Size [2]  73
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  9 years
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [2]  3 years
Male Maturity [2]  3 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Central forest-grasslands transition United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Central U.S. hardwood forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Southeastern mixed forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Gibson, 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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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