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title: "Cave Salamander"
description: "Eurycea lucifuga — Płazy. The cave salamander or spotted-tail salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) is a species of brook salamander in the family Plethodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cave-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cave Salamander

> Eurycea lucifuga — Płazy. The cave salamander or spotted-tail salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) is a species of brook salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Eurycea lucifuga*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 5846
- Wikidata: [Q2276281](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276281)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27123](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27123)

## Names

- en: Cave Salamander
- de: Grotten-Gelbsalamander
- es: Salamandra de Cola Manchada
- fr: Eurycée des grottes
- nl: Spotted-tail salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (5531)

## Summary

The cave salamander or spotted-tail salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) is a species of brook salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is well known for living in and around caves in the southeast United States. Adult cave salamanders are bright orange with black spots. This species is, somewhat vaguely, referred to by the common name of 'cave salamander'; however, it is not restricted to caves, but is known for inhabiting surface-level, terrestrial, woodland habitats, as well.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_salamander_(spotted-tail)

## Photo

![Cave Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cave-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100802598

## Machine access

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