Eurycea lucifuga Caudata Eurycea lucifuga Cave Salamander Search for another Amphibian or Reptile. Search for amphibians and reptiles by Illinois county. Go to the INHS Amphibian and Reptile Collection page. Search the INHS collections data for this species by clicking on the button below. Search the Type Specimen Data for this species by clicking on the button below.
Yellow shade indicates verified sighting.
Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Belly unspotted and pale yellowish. Mature male has a mental hedonic gland at the tip of the lower jaw and swollen cirri at the ends of nasolabial grooves. Larva slender, with low tail fin and long gill rami, darkly pigmented on anterior half of throat, and with a broad pale stripe down back.