The last long weekend at the cottage, my granddaughter found a little friend to play with! It was found under damp leaves that had blown into a corner beside the cottage.
Eastern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
Description:
-10 cm in length, approximately half of the length being tail
- three colour morphs, dark colour with a red dorsal stripe, entirely dark and entirely red - dark colour with a red dorsal stripe is more common in most areas; entirely red morph (erythristic) is rare
Habitat:
- only salamander in Ontario that is completely terrestrial
- because they are not dependent on water for breeding, the eggs being laid under rottern logs, they can live in woodlands without ponds
- most commonly found in eastern hardwood forests under logs and rocks or in damp leaf litter and rotten stumps
Reminds me of the Gieco Gecko, that face! After a short while watching it and letting it run around her hands, she decided it needed to go back to it's Mommy and Daddy! She took it back where it was found to let it go back to it's home!
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