Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Gyrinophilus > Gyrinophilus porphyriticusGyrinophilus porphyriticus (Spring Salamander)Synonyms: Amblystoma porphyriticum; Ambystoma salmoneum; Geotriton porphyritica; Gyrinophilus danielsi; Gyrinophilus danielsi danielsi; Gyrinophilus danielsi dunni; Gyrinophilus danielsi duryi; Gyrinophilus danielsi polystictus; Gyrinophilus dunni; Gyrinophilus duryi; Gyrinophilus lutescens; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus inagnoscus; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus; Pseudotriton duryi; Pseudotriton porphyriticus; Pseudotriton salmonea; Pseudotriton salmoneus; Salamandra porphyritica; Salamandra salmonea; Spelerpes danielsi; Spelerpes porphyriticus; Spelerpes salmoneus; Triton porphyriticus; Triturus lutescens Language: French The spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The generic name, Gyrinophilus, means "tadpole lover" and refers to the long period of time it spends as a gilled larva before maturing. The specific name, porphyriticus, is Latin from Greek, meaning the color of porphyry, a purple stone, and this salamander has also been called the purple salamander.It is found in Canada and the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, inland karsts, and caves. In addition to insects, worms, and other small invertebrates, the fairly large spring salamander may also consume smaller stream dwelling salamanders such as two-lined and dusky salamanders.Although deforestation is a po |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 22.36 EDGE Score: 3.15 |
Adult Length [2] | 9 inches (23.2 cm) | Litter Size [3] | 61 | Litters / Year [2] | 1 | Maximum Longevity [3] | 19 years | Water Biome [1] | Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams | | Female Maturity [3] | 4 years | Male Maturity [3] | 4 years |
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Antietam National Battlefield |
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3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
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5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve |
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7809 |
New Hampshire, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
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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 |
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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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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Oliveira, 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. ♦ 3de 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 ♦ 4Gibson, 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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