Redback

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Redback or Red-backed may refer to:

In wildlife:

• Red-back spider (Latrodectus hasselti), a species of spider found in Australia
• Redbacked jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni), a species of jumping spider found in North America
• Red Back Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), a species of salamander
• Southern Redback Salamander (Plethodon serratus), a species of salamander found in the US
• Red-backed Toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea), a species of frog found in Australia
• Red-backed vole, several species of vole found in North America, Europe and Asia
• Korean Red-backed Vole (Eothenomys regulus), a species of vole found in Korea
• Red-backed Bearded Saki (Chiropotes chiropotes), a species of bearded saki found in South America
• Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), a species of shrike (bird)

In sport:

• Southern Redbacks, an Australian cricket team
• Glasgow Redbacks, an Australian rules football club based in Glasgow, Scotland
• Frankfurt Redbacks, an Australian rules football club based in Frankfurt, Germany
• Romsey Football Club (nicknamed the "Redbacks"), an Australian rules football club based in Romsey, Victoria, Australia

Other:

• Red Back Fever, a 1991 album by The Angels
• Redback Networks, a telecommunications equipment company
• Texas Redbacks, paper money issued between 1839 and 1840 in the Repuclic of Texas
• The Australian twenty dollar note is sometimes referred to as a redback