A red salamander nest.
Photo by Steve Bennett
A red salamander metamorph.
Photo by Kristen Cecala ...
Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Nothern Red Salamander
Scientific Name: Pseudotriton ruber ruber
Size: 4-6 inches (10-15.5 cm) in length ...
Northern Red Salamander (Pseudotriton r. ruber)
Adult Northern Red Salamanders are stout-bodied, reach about 6 inches in length, and have a short, fleshy tail.
Black-Chinned Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber schencki)
DESCRIPTION: 2 3/4 - 4 3/4 inches. A red salamander with a strong concentration of black pigments under the chin. The tail is spotted almost all the way to tip.
18. Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber
Description: 4 - 6 ¼" (10-16 cm). Completely red to coral colored stout species. Dorsum heavily speckled with black spots. Adults become more brownish/purplish in color. 16-17 costal grooves.
Red Salamander, Pseudotriton ruber
The Red Salamander, Pseudotriton ruber, is divided up into four subspecies. Unless otherwise indicated, the photos shown here are of the Northern Red Salamander, P. r. ruber.
Northern Red Salamander
Pseudotriton ruber ruber
<180mm (<7in)
Short tail and usually 16 costal grooves. Bright orange to red with lots of dark, irregular spots. Older animals darker with many spots fused together. Belly red with dark dots.
The Southern Red Salamander, Pseudotriton ruber vioscai, is found near small, clear streams in the panhandle. It is white-flecked bright red to purplish brown and reaches a length of 6.5".
Blue Ridge red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber nitidus)
Blue Ridge spring salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi)
Blue Ridge two-lined salamander (Eurycea wilderea)
Brimley's chrous frog (Pseudacris brimleyi)
bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) ...
Mud salamanders are often difficult to distinguish from red salamanders, Pseudotriton ruber. Mud salamanders have brown eyes and blunter, shorter snouts while red salamanders have gold or yellowish eyes and slightly longer snouts.
INTERACTIVE: Anatomy of a Red Salamander
SPECIES: Chinese Giant Salamander
SPECIES: California Tiger Salamander ...
four legs, lay eggs in the water, and metamorphose from a water-breathing juvenile to an air-breathing adult. Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are all amphibians. Here you will find spotted salamanders, white-spotted salamanders, red salamanders ...
Several studies cited in Berger-Bishop and Harris [8] indicate faster larval growth rates in ponds compared to streams for red salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber), brook salamanders (Eurycea spp.), and dusky salamanders (Desmognathus spp.), ...
 See also: Salamander, Reptile, Mud Salamander, Dusky Salamander, Northern Red Salamander
  
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