Plethodon cinereus — Overview

Red-backed Salamander learn more about names for this taxon

IUCN threat status:

Least Concern (LC)

Distribution

Read full entry

Learn more about this article

Geographic Range

Red-backed salamanders are native to the Nearctic region only. They live in Eastern North America. Their range extends west to Missouri; south to North Carolina; and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota. They are most common in areas of appropriate habitat throughout the midwestern United States.

Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )

Trusted

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

© The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors

Source: Animal Diversity Web

Present in 49 collections

See all 49 collections in which this page appears.

Belongs to 3 communities

See all 3 communities that feature this page.

Disclaimer

EOL content is automatically assembled from many different content providers. As a result, from time to time you may find pages on EOL that are confusing.

To request an improvement, please leave a comment on the page. Thank you!