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Basic information
Plethodon cinereus
Eastern Red-backed Salamander
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyLungless salamanders
GenusPlethodon
- Czech name
- Mločík popelavý
- English name
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander
- Alternative names
- Eastern Redback Salamander, Northern Red-backed Salamander, Red-backed Salamander, Redback Salamander, Salamandre rayée, Woodland 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
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 412 mm
- Body mass
- max 65 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 25 years
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1–5 years
- Clutch size
- 1–14 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Direct
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6400 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6W283 · COL26.9