Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides
| Big Mouth Cave salamander | |
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| Spotted and unspotted color morphs of the Big Mouth Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides) | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Gyrinophilus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | G. p. necturoides
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| Trinomial name | |
| Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides Lazell and Brandon, 1962
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Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides, the Big Mouth Cave salamander, a lungless salamander, is a subspecies of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus). The Big Mouth Cave salamander lives in Big Mouth Cave and other caves in the Elk River drainage basin in Grundy County and Coffee County, Tennessee. The salamander was first described by Lazell and Brandon in 1962.