Scientific Name: Eurycea bislineata
Size: 2.5-4.75 inches (6.4-12.1 cm) in length

Habitat Type:
Stream side along small to medium sized streams, springs, and hillside seeps with sandy to gravel substrate and rock or log cover.

Colorations:

• The dorsal background color is greenish to yellowish brown with a dark brown to black dorsolateral stripe on each side of the body extending from the posterior margin of the eye to the base of the tail.
• The vertebral band between the dorsolateral strips has a series of small brown or black spots that vary in number and position. They can be random or form a medial broken stripe.
• The sides below the dorsolateral stripes are maculated with small irregular black spots that also occur on the sides of the tail and dorsal surface of the limbs.
• The ventral surfaces are pale to yellow.

Characteristics:

• The legs are well-developed
• The tail is laterally compressed with a moderately developed keel.
• The head is short and slender with a rounded snout.
• 13-16 costal grooves

Larvae coloration and characteristics:

• The dorsal is dusky colored with 6-9 pairs of light dorsolateral spots.
• Stream-type.
• The gills are small and moderately branched.
• The body is elongate and slender.
• The limbs are well-developed.
• The caudal fin is moderate.

Hatchlings and Larvae coloration and characteristics:

• The dorsal background color is yellowish green with a brownish net lick pattern.
• The ventral is whitish yellow.

Confused with:

• Mountain Dusky Salamander

Coloration/Pattern Photos:
Adults

Larvae

Eggs

Range Map:

References:

• Hulse, C. and McCoy C. J. and Ellen Censky ,1998. Amphibians and Reptiles of Pennsylvania and the Northeast. 86-88pp.
• Petranka, James W. ,1998. Salamanders of the United States and Canada. 241-248pp.

Photo Credits:

• Jason Poston
• John Smith
• Billy Brown
• Tom Diez
• Andrew Hoffman