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red eft

Notophthalmus viridescens

Photo by Wes Masters
Published on Project Noah
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35.8801, -84.8111

Field Notes

Habitat:

Eastern Newts are at home in both coniferous and deciduous forests.

Notes:

has circular markings on each side

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KarenL
I've moved this to amphibians for you.
Mandy Hollman
This should be moved to "Amphibians.". Very nice find :)
KristalWatrous
This looks like the red eft (juvenile) form of the red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_newt.

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Amphibians of the World
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PublishedOctober 23, 2011

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