Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Redback Salamander (animal #4)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Plethodontoidea
FAMILY: Plethodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Plethodon cinereus
COMMON NAME: as above
NOTES OF INTEREST: Widespread group throughout forested North America. They eat earthworms, beetles, ants, and tiny crickets.

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