An Unusually Colored Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinerus) From Northern Virginia

Authors

Joseph C. Mitchell, University of Richmond
Thomas K. Pauley, Marshall University
C. Todd Georgel

Document Type

Article

DOI

10.25778/cwm2-5r64

Abstract

We describe an orange-pink, patternless, translucent morph of the Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) found in northern Virginia on 27 September 2001. This is the first description of this unusual phenotype in this terrestrial salamander.

Recommended Citation

Mitchell, Joseph C.; Pauley, Thomas K.; and Georgel, C. Todd (2003) "An Unusually Colored Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinerus) From Northern Virginia," Virginia Journal of Science: Vol. 54: No. 1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.25778/cwm2-5r64
Available at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/vjs/vol54/iss1/2