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Negative frequency-dependent (apostatic) selection is defined as an overconsumption and reduced fitness of a more common prey type. Consequently, the rare form gains a survival advantage. Polymorphisms may arise via mutation and may be maintained by apostatic predation. Polymorphic populations provide opportunity for divergent selection and, therefore, are of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists. The Eastern-Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is found in three known color phenotypes (striped, unstriped, all red), but no direct explanation exists as to how the polymorphism is maintained in nature. The striped and unstriped morphs are the two most common phenotypes across the range of P. cinereus, but their frequencies vary by location. I created impression-retaining clay models of these two phenotypes to determine if the rare morph (striped in western Ohio, unstriped in eastern Ohio) experienced reduced predation pressure, an indication of negative frequency-dependent selection. Both phenotypes experienced statistically equivalent levels of predation across field sites. Throughout the study, however, striped models were attacked more than unstriped, even where the striped phenotype exists as the rare form. This suggests the orange dorsa of striped individuals are not serving as warning signals. Rare form advantage is not operating on P. cinereus in this study system, and predation is not likely the primary evolutionary driver maintaining the polymorphism.