Red Salamander
Pseudotriton ruber
An adult red salamander lives in moist hardwood forests, especially around clean springs, seeps, and shaded stream edges where the ground stays damp. It hunts mostly at night, taking earthworms, insects, spiders, and sometimes smaller salamanders with sudden lunges and a sticky tongue. Its vivid red to orange body with black spotting warns predators of noxious skin secretions. Like other lungless salamanders, it breathes through its skin and mouth lining, so it must avoid drying out.
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- Red Salamander