Spring Salamander

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

The Spring Salamander is a large, pinkish-orange lungless salamander of cold, clear springs and mountain streams in the Appalachians. Larvae are aquatic; adults are semiaquatic. Highly sensitive to water quality.

Habitat

Cold mountain springs, headwater streams, and cave systems

Diet

Invertebrates and other salamanders

How common

Uncommon

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