Nature Done Wright

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August 28, 2007

Newt!

Newt1_2

  Pedro, a friend of this blog, saw this nifty guy while hiking at Campgaw Mountain last week after a rain.

  Pedro says it’s an eastern newt, or red spotted newt.

  What an amazing creature — and great photography as well.

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Notophthalmus_viridescens.html

  Thanks for sharing, Pedro.

Newt2

 

3 comments

  • Pedro
    19 years ago Reply

    Thanks for the comments and thank you Jim for posting it. I doubt I’ll be seeing another one of these any time soon!

  • Christine
    19 years ago Reply

    Wow! I used to see those all the time at summer camp and up by my lake. Haven’t spotted one in years. Great picture, too!

  • Tom Burr
    19 years ago Reply

    Haven’t seen one of these in years! This is a species that can’t make up its mind whether to be aquatic or terrestrial–goes from egg and tadpole in water, comes up on land as this “red eft” stage, travels for a couple of years, then goes back into the water and turns olive drab as the red-spotted newt. Here’s an article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Newt

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3 comments

  • Pedro
    19 years ago Reply

    Thanks for the comments and thank you Jim for posting it. I doubt I’ll be seeing another one of these any time soon!

  • Christine
    19 years ago Reply

    Wow! I used to see those all the time at summer camp and up by my lake. Haven’t spotted one in years. Great picture, too!

  • Tom Burr
    19 years ago Reply

    Haven’t seen one of these in years! This is a species that can’t make up its mind whether to be aquatic or terrestrial–goes from egg and tadpole in water, comes up on land as this “red eft” stage, travels for a couple of years, then goes back into the water and turns olive drab as the red-spotted newt. Here’s an article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Newt

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