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Eastern Red-Backed Salamander
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Photo by: Quentin Stiles
Small and thin salamander. either grey and red or just grey.
How to identify:
Coloration:
Eastern red-backed salamanders can occur in two color phases, lead-back and red-back. The lead-back phase salamanders are a consistent gray to black color while the red-back phase is characterized by an orange to red stripe down the length of their body and tail.
Diet:
invertebrates
Size:
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander can grow to be 2-5in long including the tail
Habitat:
Eastern Red-Backed salamanders need to live in damp or moist habitats. They are often found in or under logs, leaf-litter and burrows of deciduous forests.
Range of habitat:
The Eastern Red-Backed Salamander is found from New England to Florida and Illinois to Texas
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