| Virginia
Journal of Science.
2003. Vol 54 (1) : 27-29 |
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Unusually Colored Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) From Northern
Virginia Joseph C. Mitchell, Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, Thomas K. Pauley, Department of Biology, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25755 and C. Todd Georgel, 8720 Higgenbothom Place, Richmond, Virginia 23229 ABSTRACT
We describe an orange-pink, patternless, translucent morph of the
Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon
cinereus) found in northern Virginia on 27 September 2001. This
is the first description of this unusual phenotype in this terrestrial
salamander. Key Words: Salamander, Caudata, Plethodon cinereus, Albinism, Virginia |