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title: "Rode salamander"
description: "Pseudotriton ruber — Amfibieën. The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) endemic to the Eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rode salamander

> Pseudotriton ruber — Amfibieën. The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) endemic to the Eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Pseudotriton ruber*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 9402
- Wikidata: [Q167205](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167205)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27486](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27486)

## Names

- en: Red Salamander
- de: Rotsalamander
- es: Salamandra Roja
- fr: Pseudotriton rouge
- nl: Rode salamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (8849)

## Summary

The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) endemic to the Eastern United States. Its skin is brown, orange or red with random black spots.  Semiaquatic adults and aquatic larvae live in temperate forests, small creeks, bogs, ponds, intermittent streams, and freshwater springs.  Overall this species is common and widespread, but locally it has declined because of habitat loss and it is considered threatened in Indiana and New York. Red salamanders eat insects, earthworms, spiders, small crustaceans, snails, and smaller salamanders. To eat,…

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

## Photo

![Rode salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73014723

## Machine access

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