Red-backed salamander
A species of Woodland salamanders, Also known as Northern red-backed salamander Scientific name : Plethodon cinereus Genus : Woodland salamanders
Red-backed salamander, A species of Woodland salamanders
Also known as:
Northern red-backed salamander
Botanical name: Plethodon cinereus
Genus: Woodland salamanders
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Description
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Description
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 i
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Amphibians Order
Salamanders Family
Lungless salamanders Genus
Woodland salamanders Species
Red-backed salamander 
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