Cave Salamander

Cave Salamander
Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga)
Cave Salamanders are orange to red with distinct blackish spots that cover most of the dorsal surface of the head, body, and tail.

Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted
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Ambrosi's cave salamander (Speleomantes ambrosii)
Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus)
North-west Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii)
Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale)
European roller (Coracias garrulus) ...

Cave Salamander
(Eurycea lucifuga)
DESCRIPTION: 4 7/8-7 1/8" (12.5-18.1 cm). Slender, long-tailed brook salamander. Dull yellow to bright orange above; scattered black spots sometimes form 2 or 3 longitudinal rows. Belly yellowish and unspotted.

Cave Salamander, Eurycea lucifuga
The Cave Salamander is a medium sized salamander reaching average lengths around 6 inches.

Cave Salamander at the mouth of a limestone cave. In the Ouachita Mountains, one might cross the impressive, though rarely seen,
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cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga)
coastal plain cricket frog (Acris gryllus gryllus)
common mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus maculosus)
Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Cow Knob salamander (Plethodon punctatus) ...

Many cases are known in which the young batrachian enters the world in the perfect condition, as in the black salamander of the Alps (Salamandra atra), the cave salamander (Spelerpes fuscus), the caecilian Typhlonectes, and a number of frogs, ...

The Georgia Blind Salamander or Southeastern Blind Cave Salamander, Haediotriton wallacei, is found in clear water in caves where bats are present near the Georgia border. It has no eyes or pigment.

The olm (also known as the proteus or the cave salamander) is a blind amphibian exclusively found in the underwater caves of southern European lakes and rivers. The olm is also known as the human fish, which refers to the colour of it's skin.

See also: Salamander, Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Lion, Iguana, Andean cat