Description ³

A reddish salamander with a long tail. Ground color variable, however, and ranging from dull yellow through orange to bright orange-red. (Young tend to be yelllow, adults reddish) the black spots are usually irregularly scattered, but sometimes they may form two or three longitudinal rows. Costal grooves 14 or 15.

Habitat: twilight zone of caves - near entranceae, where the light is weak.

Conant, R., & Collins, J. T. (1998). A field guide to reptiles & amphibians: eastern and central North America (3rd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• AMNH Amphibian Species of the World
• AmphibiaWeb
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet

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