Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Red Back Salamander Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Lissamphibia Order: Caudata Family: Plethodontidae Genus: Plethodon Species: cinereus Binomial nomenclature Plethodon cinereus Green The Red Back (or Backed) Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is a small, hardy woodland salamander. They inhabit wooded slopes and throughout most of its range it's often the most common amphibian. It is also knows as the Northern Redback Salamander to distinguish it with the Southern Redback Salamander (P. serratus). The salamander has two distinct color variations the red back, which has a red, orange or dark brown stripe down the back, and the lead back (or grey back) which can be a uniform black or grey, or have a slightly lighter stripe down the back. Either variation (or both) may occur in any given area, along with apparent intergrades. External link Plethodon cinereus This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.