This plateau remains the only area in which grotto salamanders have been found.

The grotto salamander is caves and caverns throughout the Ozarks.

As larvae the grotto salamander lives in springs and streams near cave entrances.

The grotto salamander is the only cave salamander which undergoes metamorphosis.

The grotto salamander was the first cave-dwelling salamander to be discovered in the New World.

The grotto salamander (Eurycea spelaea) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.

Grotto Salamander (Typhlotriton spelaeus)

The grotto salamander was discovered in 1891 on the Ozark Plateau, and described by Leonhard Hess Stejneger in 1892.

The grotto salamander (Eurycea spelaea) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.