Red-backed Salamander - Plethodon cinereus

I think I had the same facial expression as this salamander...dismayed by how cold the weather still was despite it being nearly mid-May.

Habitat: Mesic, deciduous forest

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Calbost Niel

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Wow. How did you spot that Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  I walk slowly and my head is always on a swivel ;). But, I think I stopped for a tick check at this spot and was lucky to notice this little guy peaking out from under the bark. Posted 4 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

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Awww! Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  <3 Posted 4 years ago

The Red-backed salamander

The red-backed salamander is a species of small, hardy woodland salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The species 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.

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Similar species: Salamanders

Species identified by Christine Young