Amphibians > Salamanders & Newts
OverviewThe Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga), distinguished in speleological and herpetological literature by its specific epithet meaning ‘light-fleeing’, is an extraordinarily vibrant, slender lungless salamander endemic to the limestone karst...
Amphibians > Ambystomatids & Urodela
OverviewThe Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) is a classic, stout-bodied fossorial mole salamander belonging to the family Ambystomatidae within the order Urodela. Widely distributed across the mature deciduous and mixed forests of eastern North America, from...
