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Eastern Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The adult is aquatic and found in small ponds. It is olive above with an orange belly and is lightly covered with spots.

Habitat:

Caught several of these in a small pond in an oak forest, they were returned to the pond after the photographs were taken.

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