Home Application Download FAQ
English
English
日本語
Español
Français
Deutsch
Italiano

Blue ridge two-lined salamander

A species of Brook salamander
Scientific name : Eurycea wilderae Genus : Brook salamander

Blue ridge two-lined salamander, A species of Brook salamander
Scientific name: Eurycea wilderae
Genus: Brook salamander
Blue ridge two-lined salamander (Eurycea wilderae) Photo By sandboa , used under CC-BY-NC-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

Description

The Blue Ridge two-lined salamander (Eurycea wilderae) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

General Info

Lifespan

10-15 years

Diet

Primarily, blue ridge two-lined salamander are carnivorous, feeding mainly on small invertebrates. They demonstrate a strong tendency towards arthropods, showing a dietary preference for spiders, centipedes, and supplementary aquatic insects.

Appearance

Blue ridge two-lined salamander is a small aquatic salamander with a slender body and long tail. Its skin is smooth and dark, ranging from brown to nearly black, often speckled with small, lighter patches. It has external gills behind its head. Notable are its relatively large eyes and its four equally-sized limbs. There are no significant variations in appearance due to age, gender, or subspecies.

Behavior

Blue ridge two-lined salamander is a nocturnal species, primarily exhibiting solitarily hunting behavior. It forages for small aquatic invertebrates in specific locales within its territory. Remarkably, during its reproductive season, male blue ridge two-lined salamander display unique territorial behavior. They demonstratively protect their egg-laid territory and discourage intrusion from any rival males, unique within its kind.

Population

Stable
Blue ridge two-lined salamander (Eurycea wilderae) Blue ridge two-lined salamander (Eurycea wilderae) Photo By sandboa , used under CC-BY-NC-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
AI animal expert in your pocket
Scan QR code to download
Cookie Management Tool
In addition to managing cookies through your browser or device, you can change your cookie settings below.
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our application/website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
Cookie Name Source Purpose Lifespan
_ga Google Analytics These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here. 1 Year
_pta PictureThis Analytics We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience. 1 Year
Cookie Name
_ga
Source
Google Analytics
Purpose
These cookies are set because of our use of Google Analytics. They are used to collect information about your use of our application/website. The cookies collect specific information, such as your IP address, data related to your device and other information about your use of the application/website. Please note that the data processing is essentially carried out by Google LLC and Google may use your data collected by the cookies for own purposes, e.g. profiling and will combine it with other data such as your Google Account. For more information about how Google processes your data and Google’s approach to privacy as well as implemented safeguards for your data, please see here.
Lifespan
1 Year

Cookie Name
_pta
Source
PictureThis Analytics
Purpose
We use these cookies to collect information about how you use our site, monitor site performance, and improve our site performance, our services, and your experience.
Lifespan
1 Year
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used by advertising companies to serve ads that are relevant to your interests.
Cookie Name Source Purpose Lifespan
_fbp Facebook Pixel A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here. 1 Year
_adj Adjust This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here. 1 Year
Cookie Name
_fbp
Source
Facebook Pixel
Purpose
A conversion pixel tracking that we use for retargeting campaigns. Learn more here.
Lifespan
1 Year

Cookie Name
_adj
Source
Adjust
Purpose
This cookie provides mobile analytics and attribution services that enable us to measure and analyze the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, certain events and actions within the Application. Learn more here.
Lifespan
1 Year
Download