Description: Elongated body with overall length of up to 5.5 inches long. Glossy black above and dark gray underneath. Back and sides covered with varying density of pale beige or white, irregular spots.

Habitat: Typically occurs in upland mixed pine-hardwood forests.

Range: It is endemic to the United States where it is only known from northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

Found in these States: AR | LA

Diet: Eats invertebrates.

Reproduction: Eggs are most likely laid in or under logs in late summer; females tend to eggs until hatching, which may occur in mid-fall. No aquatic stage.

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

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