Andy Leah A.

Sumile
• Red salamanders are one
of the largest stream
salamanders in our
region,
• (4 - 6 inches or 10 -15 cm)
• They are stout-
bodied and short-tailed,
• (tail length about 80% of
snout-vent length)
coloration is
bright red to reddish
orange,
Its sides and back
vary in color from an
orange-brownish to a
bright red depending
on its age.
YOUNGER RED SALAMANDER

Coloration is
bright red to
reddish orange
with many
irregularly
rounded, black
spots
are bright red
with distinctive
black dots
OLDER SALAMANDER

are orange to
purple-brown

are stout-bodied,
reach about 6
inches in length,
and have a short,
fleshy tail
Northern Red Salamander

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Amphibia
Order : Caudate
Family : Plethodontidae
Genus : Pseudo triton
Species : P. ruber
 HABITAT

• Typically found underground or under

leaves, logs, rocks, and moss near
clean streams or springs and in
swamps
• temperate forests, small creeks,
ponds, forests, temperate shrub land,
rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater,
trees springs.
Egg

Nesting takes place

in shallow streams

30 plus eggs

Rarely nest in
stagnant water
Egg

Adult usually stays

and guards the nest
until the eggs hatch
Eggs are laid
underwater and
attached to bottoms
of rocks, usually in
small, swift, rocky,
and wooded streams