The study authors estimated an average of 5,300 salamanders in every patch of forest the size of a football field in the Northeast. Even though each individual is a mere 3 inches long, the sheer number of red-backed salamanders means that they also have some of the highest biomass estimated for animals other than insects in the Northeast, similar to or greater than white-tailed deer.
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-salamanders-abundant-northeastern-forests.html
Crazy numbers
Crazy Misfortune!