Where to See Red-backed Salamander in Hocking Hills State Park

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Red-backed Salamander sightings in Hocking Hills

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Where Red-backed Salamander has been reported, from 74 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM21% of the busiest hour1 AM8% of the busiest hour2 AM5% of the busiest hour3 AM5% of the busiest hour4 AM11% of the busiest hour5 AM26% of the busiest hour6 AM47% of the busiest hour7 AM42% of the busiest hour8 AM32% of the busiest hour9 AM26% of the busiest hour10 AM21% of the busiest hour11 AM19% of the busiest hourNoon16% of the busiest hour1 PM16% of the busiest hour2 PM19% of the busiest hour3 PM26% of the busiest hour4 PM37% of the busiest hour5 PM58% of the busiest hour6 PM79% of the busiest hour7 PM95% of the busiest hour8 PMBusiest hour9 PM84% of the busiest hour10 PM47% of the busiest hour11 PM26% of the busiest hour

Red-backed Salamander is most seen 7–9 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Red-backed Salamander sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	21%
1 AM	8%
2 AM	5%
3 AM	5%
4 AM	11%
5 AM	26%
6 AM	47%
7 AM	42%
8 AM	32%
9 AM	26%
10 AM	21%
11 AM	19%
Noon	16%
1 PM	16%
2 PM	19%
3 PM	26%
4 PM	37%
5 PM	58%
6 PM	79%
7 PM	95%
8 PM	100%
9 PM	84%
10 PM	47%
11 PM	26%

Audio tour

Hear about Red-backed Salamander on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Hocking Hills, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Hocking Hills Tour Guide

Breathing Through Skin

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“The eastern red-backed salamander has no lungs. It absorbs oxygen through its moist skin and the lining of its mouth, which helps explain why it shelters beneath logs and fallen leaves.”

Plays as you drive near Airplane Rock in Parkwolf’s Hocking Hills Tour Guide.

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12 sighting mapsfor Hocking Hills, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
22 audio storiesplay as you drive Hocking Hills, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Hocking Hills

All 12 sighting maps

16 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusMost seen 6–8 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

87 sightingsSnapping TurtleChelydra serpentinaMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 4–7 PMSighting map

14 sightingsChipmunkTamias striatusMost seen 8–10 AM & 3–5 PMSighting map

19 sightingsGray RatsnakePantherophis spiloidesMost seen 9–11 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

47 sightingsWatersnakeNerodia sipedonMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 3–7 PMSighting map

11 sightingsRing-necked SnakeDiadophis punctatusMost seen 5–8 PMSighting map

11 sightingsNewtNotophthalmus viridescensMost seen 7–10 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

22 sightingsToadAnaxyrus americanusMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map

Where to see Red-backed Salamander in Hocking Hills