Eurycea arenicola

Eurycea arenicola, the Carolina Sandhills salamander, is a species of salamander discovered in the year 2020 in North Carolina.[1] The species was discovered and verified by North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.[2] It is aesthetically described as spotted, crimson-orange, and lives in springs and blackwater rivers. [3]

Eurycea arenicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species:
E. arenicola
Binomial name
Eurycea arenicola
Stuart et al., 2020

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