Summary:
Published in The Canadian Field-Naturalist 125(1): 58-60. https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v125i1.1126
Three colour morphs of the Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, are known in eastern Canada: red-backed, lead-backed, and erythristic. Anomalies, including two albino and four leucistic individuals, are also known from eastern Canada. We report the first salamander individuals exhibiting amelanism, which is a lack of black skin pigment, but with black eyes, one from Quebec and one from Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sector(s):
Forests
Catégorie(s):
Scientific Article
Theme(s):
Forest Ecology, Forestry Research, Forests
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Author(s):
MOORE, Jean-David and John GILHEN
Year of publication:
2011
Format:
Paper
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Keyword(s):
salamandre cendrée, amelanistique, variété, couleur, érablière, écologie dynamique des arbres, Plethodon cinereus, article scientifique de recherche forestière, écologie forestière, forest ecology, red-backed salamander, amelanistic, colour morph, Northern hardwood