The red-backed salamander's larvae pass through most of their gill-breathing stage while in the egg, and when they hatch in late summer, the gills have significantly reduced.

Eastern red-backed salamanders are native to the eastern United States and Canada. Smithsonian/Brian Gratwicke. Prosperous and hardy, the Eastern red-backed salamander is an unassuming creature ...

“The red-backed salamander’s red stripes emulate the D.C. flag,” said Milo Evans Snyder. The students also told the council there are far more red-backed salamanders in D.C. than there are ...

So, why the red-backed salamander? According to one fourth-grader, it has “many cool features.” The amphibian can be between two and five inches long.

A group of fourth grade students from Powell Bilingual Elementary School put on a reenactment of D.C. Law 25-251, the bill that would designate the red-backed salamander as D.C.’s official ...

Fourth graders from Powell Elementary School testified in support of a bill they wrote to recognize the red-backed salamander. The Washington Post. D.C. doesn’t have an official amphibian.

Title is bestowed on the ecologically important Eastern red-backed salamander. January 29, 2025. 3 min. A Red-backed salamander named Washington's official amphibian. (Usgs) ...

There were red-backed [salamanders] and some other ones that we were able to find," he says. "Based on what we saw [Saturday], everything is doing really well." ...

Scientists knew that red-backed salamanders were abundant in eastern North America, but a recent study found their densities and biomass across the region were much higher than expected.

The other salamander under the log was a red-backed salamander. Once again, they are fairly common in the Northland. Also, 4-5 inches long, they have a reddish marking down the whole back, ...

For instance, “red-backed salamanders in Appalachian forests occur in such large numbers that their biomass may exceed that of all the birds and mammals that also occupy the habitat,” say the ...