Southern Two-Lined Salamander

Southern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera

Photo by JD Willson ...

Southern Two-lined Salamander
Sighting:
Little Swan Creek, Meriwether Lewis Site, Lewis County, Tennessee ...

The Southern Two-lined Salamander, Eurycea bislineata cirrigera, is found in and near small streams in the panhandle. Its gray to yellowish body has two black lines that run its length (4"). It has an orange yellow belly.

Description: The Blue Ridge two-lined salamander and the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) were formerly considered different subspecies of a single species.

Superficially, the dwarf salamander may look like a tiny southern two-lined salamander, but there is one sure character for diagnosis: The dwarf salamander has only four toes on each of its back feet, ...

Brophy, T.R. and T.K. Pauley. 1997. Dietary Comparison of Eurycea cirrigera (Southern Two-lined Salamander) Larvae from Pond and Stream Habitats in Southern West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 69(2):4-10.

On the edges of its range it may be confused with the Southern Two-lined Salamander, but this species ahas a narrow lines that are usually continuous right to the tail tip.

southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)
southern zigzag salamander (Plethodon dorsalis)
spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
squirrel treefrog (Hyla squirrela)
striped southern chorus frog (Pseudacris nigrita nigrita) ...

See also: Two-lined Salamander, Salamander, Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander, Slimy Salamander, Dusky Salamander