Cascade Caverns salamander

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Cascade Caverns salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. latitans
Binomial name
Eurycea latitans
Smith & Potter, 1946

The Cascade Caverns salamander (Eurycea latitans),

Eurycea rathbuni
also live in caves and eat small insects and spiders.

Description

The Cascade Caverns salamander is

translucent, with a faint net-shaped pattern that is brown in color, often with white speckling. The species is rarely seen, so the amount of variation in their coloration is unknown. They are neotenic
, meaning they retain characteristics into adulthood that are usually associated with juvenile salamanders, such as external gills. They have stout bodies, with short legs, and reduced eyes set under a layer of skin. This species of salamanders is threatened and could become endangered.

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