eastern red-backed salamander

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eastern red-backed salamander - common salamander of eastern North America

salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

genus Plethodon, Plethodon - type genus of the Plethodontidae

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The eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) has been described as an ideal indicator species for mature forests for several reasons (Welsh and Droege, 2001).

Effects of woody biomass harvests on a population of plethodontid salamanders in Southeast Indiana

In another study in New York, it was found that the eastern red-backed salamander directly influenced the community of invertebrates that consume leaf litter.

Little critter with big influence: how one tiny salamander affects an entire forest's carbon cycle

Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818), Eastern Red-backed Salamander (I, II, III, IV)

Herpetological assemblages of the Michigan Regional Landscape Ecosystems

The Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, is a fully terrestrial species that occurs in moist forest habitats throughout eastern North America (reviewed in Petranka, 1998).

Selective foraging on ants by a terrestrial polymorphic salamander

The terrestrial Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, is included in the reports (Mitchell and Mazur, 1998; Sawyer and Novick, 2011) but not the closely related Southern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon serratus.

Sampling of terrestrial salamanders reveals previously unreported atypical color morphs in the southern red-backed salamander Plethodon serratus

The dominant plethodontid at our field site is the Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, a territorial and completely terrestrial species (Jaeger, 1984; Mathis et al., 1995; Petranka, 1998; Anthony et al., 2008).

Interactions among forest-floor guild members in structurally simple microhabitats