Red Salamander

Red Salamander

Taxobox
name = Red Salamander


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Plethodontidae
genus = "Pseudotriton"
species = "P. ruber"
binomial = "Pseudotriton ruber"
binomial_authority = (Latreille,1801)
synonyms = 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 colour with random black spots.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater springs.It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Hammerson, G. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59404/all Pseudotriton ruber] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.


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