Eastern Red-back Salamander [Plethodon cinereus] 1
Please remember while out herping in Pennsylvania you need to have a current fishing license and please please remember to follow decontamination procedures as not to spread germs,diseases and unwanted fungus to these important areas!If you not willing do follow these procedures,you should not be out!I personally always wear protective gloves [Nitrile],even if I don't handle salamanders and I do try to never touch them.I also spray myself [boots,waders,gloves,net,photographic tank...] with a chlorhexidine solution.
[Chlorhexidine, is a disinfectant and antiseptic that is used for skin disinfection]
[Chlorhexidine, is a disinfectant and antiseptic that is used for skin disinfection]
This is the third Eastern Red-backed Salamander found in this area [the second lead phase] with a whitish back and tail.[Plethodon cinereus].Montour County,Pa.5-3-19
A really colorful Eastern Red-backed salamander [Plethodon cinereus].Montour County,Pa.4-24-19.I have read that "This is the most abundant vertebrate in the northeast forest by biomass.That means if you took all of the red-backed salamanders and put them on a scale,they would outweigh every other vertebrate in the northeast.That is a lot of salamanders!"
Eastern Red-backed salamander [Plethodon cinereus].Montour County,Pa.4-17-19
Large Eastern Red-backed salamander.[Plethodon cinereus].Montour County,Pa.4-17-19
Large Eastern Red-backed salamander.[Plethodon cinereus].Montour County,Pa.4-17-19
Unusual Eastern Red-backed salamander with lightly colored back and white tail [Plethodon cinereus].Montour County,Pa.4-16-19
A beautiful December lead phase Eastern Red-back Salamander [Plethodon cinereus] .Dauphin County,Pa.12-15-18
Eastern Red-back Salamander [Plethodon cinereus].Coos County,N.H.9-7-17
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A friend of mine son and his very first salamander and he found it all by himself!Dauphin County,9-30-17.Eastern Red-back.
A beautiful lead phase Eastern Red-backed salamander [Plethodon cinereus].Perry County,10-5-17 [blueish color]
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander [Plethodon cinereus].Dauphin County,8-27-17
Plethodon cinereus.Tioga County,4-29-17
Eastern Red-backed Salamander [Plethodon cinereus],lead phase.Perry County,4-23-17
Eastern Red-back Salamander [Plethodon cinereus].The two pictures on the left were taken on 1-14-17,the salamander was very much frozen.The picture on the right is the same salamander taken one week later,very much thawed out and moving.Dauphin County.
Plethodon cinereus.Schuylkill County,10-26-16
Eastern Red-back Salamander,lead phase [Plethodon cinereus].Schuylkill County,10-26-16
Plethodon cinereus.Dauphin County,10-11-16
Several different Eastern Red-back Salamanders [Plethodon cinereus].Dauphin County,10-8 & 10-11-16.Notice the different coloration [striped and unstriped] variations of these Salamanders and in the pictures above and below.Also notice one Salamander lost his tail,also see pictures below.
Plethodon cinereus,without a tail.Dauphin County,10-8-16.Notice the Common Eastern Millipede [Nacreous americanus] in the first three pictures [it is not his tail].
Plethodon cinereus.Dauphin county,10-8-16
Plethodon cinereus.Dauphin County,10-4-16
Three Eastern Red-back Salamanders [Plethodon cinereus].Dauphin County,10-4-16
Plethodon cinereus.Dauphin county,9-28-16
Three different Eastern Red-back Salamanders [Plethodon cinereus].Dauphin county,9-28-16