A mid-sized, slender, stream salamander endemic to the southeastern Unite States. It is tan to light yellow with three black longitudinal stripes running from the eyes down the length of the body to the tail. The tail is very long and the belly of the three-lined salamander is boldly marked with black and white marbling.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea guttolineata
Habitat
Forest, Wetland
Distribution
The species is distributed throughout much of the southeastern United States. It can be found in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia and Tennessee south through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the Gulf Coast, including eastern Louisiana and western Florida.
Abundance
Common
Activity Time
Nocturnal
Diet
Diet consists of invertebrates including snails, snail eggs, arachnids, millipedes, annelids, nematodes, and many insects.