and springtails. Larger individuals switch to larger prey such as ants, and some feed on large quantities of termites when available. This is similar to the diet of southern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon serratus) occupying the same size range. Conservation status Plethodon websteri is currently listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, due to its wide distribution and presumably large population. However, it may be threatened on a state by state basis: NatureServe lists the species as vulnerable in Alabama, imperiled in Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, and critically imperiled in Louisiana. Its main threat is habitat loss through deforestation and conversion of its natural mixed forest habitat into pine monocultures. Though possibly declining in Alabama, it has some resistance to habitat degradation, as it is known from secondary growth forest. References Amphibians of the United States Plethodon Amphibians described in 1979 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot