Site Help: Northern Red Salamander , 1 by lancesfinds

lancesfinds wrote:
While digging up an old Terra-Cotta drainage pipe from a spring basin in the yard, we came across 2 Northern Red Salamanders. Beautiful coloration and from our research, found that it was possible that we had a male and a female. One was about 5 inches long and the other was about 6 inches long. The females are usually about 10% larger than the males. They are a bright red with black spots and their eyes are a bright yellow. They are a member of the lungless salamander family. Typical foods of the Northern Red Salamander include earthworms, centipedes, other salamanders and small frogs.

Breeding begins in September. Eggs, fifty to one hundred, are laid and hatch in the late fall. The larvae will remain in the water for up to three years before metamorphosis is complete.