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title: "Südlicher Rotrücken-Waldsalamander"
description: "Plethodon serratus — Amphibien. The southern red-backed salamander (Plethodon serratus) is a species of salamander endemic to the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/southern-red-backed-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Südlicher Rotrücken-Waldsalamander

> Plethodon serratus — Amphibien. The southern red-backed salamander (Plethodon serratus) is a species of salamander endemic to the United States.

- Scientific name: *Plethodon serratus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 3128
- Wikidata: [Q3392351](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3392351)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27166](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27166)

## Names

- en: Southern Red-backed Salamander
- de: Südlicher Rotrücken-Waldsalamander
- es: Salamandra de Espalda Roja Sureña
- fr: Pléthodon à dos rouge du Sud

## Countries with the most observations

US (2949)

## Summary

The southern red-backed salamander (Plethodon serratus) is a species of salamander endemic to the United States. It is found in four widely disjunct populations: one in central Louisiana; one in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma; one in central Missouri; and one from southeastern Tennessee, to southwestern North Carolina, western Georgia, and eastern Alabama. It is sometimes referred to as the Georgia red-backed salamander or the Ouachita red-backed salamander. It was once considered a subspecies of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_red-backed_salamander

## Photo

![Südlicher Rotrücken-Waldsalamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-red-backed-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: decaturjosh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262772491

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-red-backed-salamander?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).