Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Plethodon > Plethodon vehiculum

Plethodon vehiculum (Western Red-backed Salamander)

Synonyms: Ambystoma vehiculum; Plethodon intermedius; Plethodon vehiculus

Wikipedia Abstract

The western redback salamander (Plethodon vehiculum) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rocky areas. The animal has a colored stripe on its back which varies from red to yellow.
View Wikipedia Record: Plethodon vehiculum

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.95
EDGE Score: 3.18
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.528 inches (11.5 cm)
Litter Size [1]  19
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  11 years
Adult Weight [1]  46 grams
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 9 months
Male Maturity [1]  2 years 9 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
British Columbia mainland coastal forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Central Pacific coastal forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Puget lowland forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve 17423 Oregon, United States
Mount Rainier National Park II 235186 Washington, United States
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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