Long-tailed salamander | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/long-tailed-salamander
True to its name, the long-tailed salamander’s tail takes up more than half of its body length. These salamanders are found along the eastern United States where they live in creek beds, caves, streams and ponds.
Long-tailed salamanders range from southern New York, south to northern Alabama and west