Red Spotted Newt
(Notophtalmus
viridescens) |
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DESCRIPTION: 2 5/8-5 1/2" (6.5-14
cm). Aquatic and terrestrial forms, all with series of
black-bordered orange-red spots on back. Aquatic adult
yellowish-brown or olive-green to dark brown above, yellow
below; back and belly both peppered with small black spots.
Land-dwelling eft, called the Red Eft, is orange-red to
reddish-brown; varies in size from 1 3/8-3 3/8" (3.5-8.6 cm).
STATUS:
RANGE: Nova Scotia west. Ontario, Michigan,
and Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
HABITAT: Adults in ponds and lakes with
dense submerged vegetation, quiet stretches or backwaters of
streams, swamps, and ditches, damp woodlands.
SPECIAL HABITAT:
FOOD: Worms, insects, small
crustaceans, amphibians eggs and larva |
