Is there more than one kind of spotted newt? Is this some kind of one spotted newt? Or is this one just kind of a spotted newt?
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More than one kind of spotted newt?
wombat
May 12, 2005 10:26 PM
Replies (6)
z10silver
May 15, 2005 04:26 PM
Wheres it from?
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wombat
May 16, 2005 11:24 AM
Triangle area of North Carolina (suburban piedmont)
Came out of a small shell pond in my backyard- I used to have goldfish, now I just use it to garden, pitcher plants, acorus, Japanese iris, so I let the muck build up in the bottom, every spring when I clean it out there are surprises, like this guy.
It eats blackworms mostly...
kaysie
May 17, 2005 05:02 PM
Just a cute little abnormality. There are different species of spotted newts (Notopthalmus species), but this one looks like your ordinary spotted, N. viridescens. It's just got abnormal coloring. Nice find.
vetboy199
May 26, 2005 05:28 PM
hey,
the spotted newt comes in 4 different regional forms. heres an article for you and will explain alot about what you seek.
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Notophthalmus/N_viridescens.shtml
hope this helps
wombat
Jun 02, 2005 11:01 PM
n/p
Macroclemys
May 17, 2005 06:45 PM
Like what kaysie said there are several species of red-spotted newts. Some have alot of spots, some almost none and one species the red spots fuse to make stripes. The body color is typical spotted newt color. I'm getting 2.2 tomorrow. I've been looking for these for over 10 yrs when I got my first one. You got 'em in your backyard, LUCKY! LOL
