Southern Two-Lined Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Caudata |
| Family | Plethodontidae |
| Genus | Eurycea |
| Species | Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 17 counties across five states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Monroe, Wilcox
- Florida
- Jackson
- Georgia
- Decatur, Polk, Walker, Washington
- Kentucky
- Bullitt, Carter, Jackson, Meade, Todd, Wayne
- Tennessee
- Cannon, Cumberland, Marion
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2023.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maryland
- SU Unrankable
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Cooper, J.E. & Cooper, M.R. 1966. Comments on Alabama cave biology. Huntsville Grotto Newsletter 7: 37–41.
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1980. Caves and associated fauna of the Western Kentucky coal field, Volume 2. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 114 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Miller, B.T. 2009. A survey of the cave-associated herpetofauna of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas, USA, Volume 1: 249–256.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Reeves, W.C. 2014. Predation by the stygophilic crayfish Cambarus tenebrosus on the salamander Pseudotriton ruber within a cave in Cannon County, Tennessee, USA. Speleolobiology Notes 6: 8–13.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1702. https://cavebiology.org/species/eurycea-cirrigera/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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