Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Plethodon > Plethodon cinereusPlethodon cinereus (Eastern Red-backed Salamander; Redback Salamander; Red-backed Salamander)Synonyms: Ambystoma erythronotum; Plethodon cinereus cinereus; Plethodon cinereus erythronota; Plethodon cinereus erythronotus; Plethodon erythronota; Plethodon erythronotum; Plethodon erythronotus cinereus; Plethodon erythronotus erythronotus; Plethodon huldae; Salamandra agilis; Salamandra cinerea; Salamandra erithronota; Salamandra erythronota; Salamandra puncticulata; Saurophis erythronotus; Sauropsis erythronotus; Spelerpes erythronota Language: French The red-backed (or redback) salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in eastern North America, west to Missouri, south to North Carolina, and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota. It is also known as the eastern red-backed salamander or the northern red-backed salamander to distinguish it from the southern red-backed salamander (Plethodon serratus). It is one of 55 species in the genus Plethodon. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 18.81 EDGE Score: 2.99 |
| Adult Length [1] | 16 inches (41.2 cm) | | Litter Size [2] | 8 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 25 years | | Nocturnal [3] | Yes |  | | Adult Weight [2] | 1 grams | | | Diet [3] | Carnivore | | | Female Maturity [2] | 2 years | | Male Maturity [2] | 2 years |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Antietam National Battlefield |
III |
3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
19192 |
Maryland, United States |
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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
16363 |
Delaware, United States |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Cape Cod National Seashore |
II |
21724 |
Massachusetts, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
V |
7622 |
Georgia, United States |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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Fathom Five National Marine Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
V |
435 |
Virginia, United States |
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George Washington Memorial Parkway |
V |
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Virginia, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Grand Portage National Monument |
V |
144 |
Minnesota, United States |
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
3161 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
VI |
715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Hope College Biology Nature Preserve |
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55 |
Michigan, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Hubbard Brook Biosphere Reserve |
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7809 |
New Hampshire, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct National Park |
II |
4970 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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La Mauricie National Park |
II |
131706 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Lake Superior Provincial Park |
IV |
351011 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Long Point Biosphere Reserve |
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100325 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve |
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New Jersey, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prince Edward Island National Park |
II |
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Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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Pukaskwa National Park |
II |
459860 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Saint Croix International Historic Site |
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Maine, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site |
III |
139 |
New Hampshire, United States |
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Saratoga National Historical Park |
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New York, United States |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve |
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3821173 |
Canada |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve |
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33386 |
Virginia, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data. ♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 4Study of Northern Virginia Ecology♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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