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Notophthalmus viridescens
The red-spotted newt is a small amphibian that lives in weedy lake shallows, ponds, backwaters of slow moving streams and swamps. Their life span is up to 20 years. The red-spotted newt has a three-stage life cycle: aquatic larvae, terrestrial efts (the young), and aquatic adult. They breed in April and May and the eggs hatch in three to four weeks. In the water stage the red-spotted newt is dark green with dark red spots. In the land stage it’s light orange. The efts eat spiders, caterpillars, flies and invertebrates.
Cumberland river trail
Spotted on Jul 18, 2012
Submitted on Jul 19, 2012
6 Comments
Thanks Lisa!
What a little cutie! Thanks for including him in the Salamanders of Tennessee Mission.
Thanks Cameron! Our night hike yesterday was very productive but sadly no snakes - although we did get a regular whiff of cottonmouth musk!
Not a snake but I still really like these guys! Nice photos!
Thank you Nuwan! They are incredibly cute!
wonderful series !!