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A small, 6-9 cm lungless salamander, the Two-lined Salamander gets its name from the two dark lines running longitudinally from behind the eyes to the tip of the tail. There are also dots in the tail region. The sides of the body are dark grey and the belly is yellow.
The Two-lined Salamander is found beneath logs or under rocks along the edge of streams in the Algonquin Highlands area. This Salamander occasionally wanders on land, where it prefers to hide under logs in saturated seepage areas. It can swim well and may be found in cool streams.
The female deposits twenty to fifty eggs singly under rocks and logs near running water. It may take 1-3 years before the larvae transform and move to the rocky areas at the edge of streams. Very little is known about the diet of these salamanders.
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TWO-LINED SALAMANDER
(Family Plethodontidae)
Eurycea bislineata
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