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Red-backed salamander

Red-backed salamander. By: Eion , Isabella. Appearance. There are two distinct color morphs of the Southern Red Backed salamder. The Striped morp has a dark gray or brown base color with an orange or red stripe. Habitat.

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Red-backed salamander

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  1. Red-backed salamander By: Eion , Isabella

  2. Appearance • There are two distinct color morphs of the Southern Red Backed salamder. • The Striped morp has a dark gray or brown base color with an orange or red stripe.

  3. Habitat • These salamanders are found in the mountain of northwestern North Carolina.

  4. Diet centipede • A red backed primarily consumes a varity of small invertebratessuch as: • Mites, spiders, insects, centipedes, millipedes, beetles, snails, ants earthworms, flies and larvae.

  5. Reproduction • A Red backed salamder lay their eggs in underground burrows , leaf litter or under rocks and logs.

  6. Additional Information • Red backed salamanders help humans by controlling insect population. • Scientific name: Plethodon cinereus • In the winter, red backs bury themselves in a rock crevice or climb "down under" about 15 inches in decaying roots in the soil.

  7. Pics

  8. Resources • virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com • salamandersinniagara.comoj.com • caudata.org • Wildherps.com • wwwnew.towson.edu • Herpsofnc.org • kylehorner.blogspot.comstatemuseumpa.org

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