red salamander
Pseudotriton ruber
Summary 6
The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its skin is orange/red in color with random black spots.
Geographic range 7
Pseudotriton ruber is found in the Eastern United States from Northern Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, to western Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Southen New York. Pseudotriton ruber is usually found between sea level and 1500 ft. Although specimens are rare above 1200 ft. populations have be found near 3900 ft (Conant and Collins, 1998; Harding, 1997).
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Brian Gratwicke, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/19731486@N07/3470286747
- (c) 2009 Henk Wallays, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=271181&one=T
- (c) 2010 Todd Pierson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=327336&one=T
- (c) 2010 Todd Pierson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=341037&one=T
- (c) 2010 Todd Pierson, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=341048&one=T
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotriton_ruber
- (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18669286
