Red-backed Salamander

Red-backed salamander / Salamandre cendrée / Waabanong Miskwa-bakonid kaadi-gnebigoons

FUN FACTS

• Although terrestrial creatures, they require moist environments to survive as they breathe through their skins.
• Catches aphids, worms and other small invertebrates by thrusting out its sticky tongue like a frog.
• Like other amphibians, this salamander is host to bacteria on their skin surface that protects them from fungal infections.

HOW REGREENING HELPS THIS SPECIES

• Regreening has improved salamander habitat by reducing acidity and increasing organic matter resulting in moister environments which are required for their survival and reproduction.
• Regreening has also greatly increased the habitat for the many organisms on which salamanders feed.