Range
Around the southern end of the Appalachian mountain range, in eastern Tennessee, southwestern North Carolina, northwestern Georgia, and northern Alabama.
Habitats
Lives in and around freshwater springs, often where watercress grows.
Identification
A 3-4 cm salamander with olive or yellowish sides and a wide brown stripe with few black speckles down the center of its back. A black dorsolateral stripe separates these two colorations on each side of the body. Its legs are long and skinny. There is usually a thin light or dark line down the center of its spine.
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