Two red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) showing the common red-backed phase and the much less common tan-striped color m

Two red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) showing the common red-backed phase and the much less common tan-striped color morph. These are lungless salamanders that lay their eggs on land and undergo direct development (i.e. they bypass the aquatic larval stage and hatch as miniature terrestrial salamanders). For more of my photographs see www.hockingphotography.smugmug.com