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title: "Many-ribbed Salamander"
description: "Eurycea multiplicata — Amphibien. The many-ribbed salamander (Eurycea multiplicata) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/many-ribbed-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Many-ribbed Salamander

> Eurycea multiplicata — Amphibien. The many-ribbed salamander (Eurycea multiplicata) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States.

- Scientific name: *Eurycea multiplicata*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 451
- Wikidata: [Q1593812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1593812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27097](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27097)

## Names

- en: Many-ribbed Salamander
- es: Salamandra Acanalada
- fr: Eurycée des Ouachita
- nl: Many-ribbed Salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (436)

## Summary

The many-ribbed salamander (Eurycea multiplicata) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, freshwater springs, inland karsts, and caves.
It is endemic in its distribution to eastern Oklahoma, southwestern Missouri, and northwestern Arkansas, and the portion of Kansas in Cherokee County.
Reproduction is aquatic and long-distance migrations unlikely. Populations that inhabit thermally stable springs have a prolonged mating season compared with populations inhabiting surface streams with more variable temperatures. Based…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-ribbed_salamander

## Photo

![Many-ribbed Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/many-ribbed-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jeremy Chamberlain · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4756853

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/many-ribbed-salamander?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).