Three-Lined Salamander
(Eurycea longicauda guttolineata) |
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DESCRIPTION: 4-7 7/8" (10-20
cm). Slender tail much longer than body. Wide yellowish band
above, with narrow, broken or continuous black stripe down
center; band flanked by wide dark side stripes. Belly yellowish
and heavily mottled with greenish gray.
STATUS:
RANGE: Virginia
southwestward to Florida panhandle, west to Mississippi River.
In Tennessee they can be found in the West Tennessee region and
in East Tennessee along the North Carolina border.
HABITAT: beneath logs or other cover
objects nearby or in flooded forest habitats along the
floodplain, shaded seeps, streams, bogs and vernal pools.
SPECIAL HABITAT:
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