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Redback Salamander

(Plethodon cinereus

Photo by Jim Avitalle
Published on Project Noah
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41.3001, -75.1996

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Description:

These amphibians usually have a red stripe running down the back. A natural morph exists that lacks this stripe and is usually known as the lead back salamander.

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