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Basic information
Eurycea lucifuga
Cave Salamander
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyLungless salamanders
GenusEurycea
- Czech name
- Mločík zářivý
- English name
- Cave Salamander
- Alternative names
- Spotted-tail Salamander
- Synonyms
- Eurycea longicauda lucifuga, Gyrinophilus maculicaudus, Spelerpes lucifuga, Spelerpes maculicauda, Spelerpes maculicaudus
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 181 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 9.1 years
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–3 years
- Clutch size
- 73–73 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6461 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3D3H6 · COL26.9