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The striking bright orange juvenile stage, which is land-dwelling, is known as a red eft. Some sources blend the general name of the species and that of the red-spotted newt subspecies into the eastern red-spotted newt (although there is no "western" one). [5] [6]
The red salamander has more spots and the spots also tend to be larger in size than those of the mud salamander. In regard to eye color, the red salamander's iris is a gold-like tint, whereas the mud salamander's iris is brown. [2] The gold-like tint iris for the red salamander is also distinguished by its horizontal bar that runs through the ...
Pseudotriton is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are endemic to eastern and southern United States, from New York south to Florida and west to southern Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and eastern Louisiana. They are commonly known as red salamanders or mud salamanders. [1]
The spotted salamander or yellow-spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) is a mole salamander [2] common in eastern United States and Canada. [1] It is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina. The species ranges from Nova Scotia, to Lake Superior, to southern Georgia and Texas. [3]
The Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi) The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) An adult red-spotted, or eastern, newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) The northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) with egg clutch The eastern American toad (Bufo americanus) The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) The gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) A female American bullfrog (Rana ...
Eastern newt: Adults are 2.5 to 5.5 inches (6.4 to 14.0 cm) long and are colored olive green to greenish brown. Plethodon cinereus: Red-backed salamander: Adults are 2.3 to 5 inches (5.8 to 12.7 cm) long and are generally darkly colored, with a red stripe on their back early in their life cycle. Siren intermedia nettingi: Western lesser siren
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Red-backed salamander in its habitat. The red-backed salamander is a small terrestrial salamander, 5.7–10.0 cm (2.2–3.9 in) in total length (including tail), which usually lives in forested areas under rocks, logs, bark, and other debris. [4] It is one of the most numerous salamanders throughout its range. [4] As with all amphibians, the