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Eastern deciduous woodland forests.
Skittish and fairly large adult salamander with gold-flecked skin.
Found in a wood pile. This one was a "lead
White or red chest. Reddish Brown
I found this faintly-speckled amphibian underneath leaf litter. On first ...
Discussed the ID with some people and concluded that it was an intermediate ...
variety, known as the 'lead back
Another lifer for me, we found a redback and a leadback
, as well as a darker variety known as the 'leadback
version (seen here) lacks red pigmentation ...
darker variety, known as the 'lead back ...
" phase has a reddish or orange stripe down ...
Caterpillar has mostly black hairs with a stripe of yellow hairs on each side ...
looking for mushrooms, found this little salamander within a log. Speckled ...
" phase has a reddish or orange stripe down ...
cm (4 in.) is bright red orange with 5 ...
A small, hardy woodland salamander that is It is 2-5 inches long. The
season and black at other times, and its long legs are
dark brown edges, the lower third of body and fins bright
back stripe is narrower, nearly straight ...
the latter subspecies, which also includes a plain