Orange Spotted Newt
Feb 3, 2018 07:20:22 #
As bright as the orange color is the message to those who would think of eating one of these
critters is stay away. The Orange Spotted Newt produces a toxin that helps protect to from
predators. They can grow up to six inches long.
critters is stay away. The Orange Spotted Newt produces a toxin that helps protect to from
predators. They can grow up to six inches long.
Feb 3, 2018 08:24:06 #
Gee, eating one really has never crossed my mind. 
Never saw an orange one.
Never saw an orange one.Feb 3, 2018 13:24:02 #
Feb 4, 2018 09:12:04 #
GED
Loc: North central Pa
Pixelmaster wrote:
As bright as the orange color is the message to those who would think of eating one of these
critters is stay away. The Orange Spotted Newt produces a toxin that helps protect to from
predators. They can grow up to six inches long.
critters is stay away. The Orange Spotted Newt produces a toxin that helps protect to from
predators. They can grow up to six inches long.
Nice photo pixelmaster, we normally refer to these as eastern red spotted newts, with the stage you've shown being a red eft juvenile stage which spends about two years on land as a terrestrial then returns to water and becomes an adult aquatic eastern red spotted newt which are green on top with red spots and a yellow belly, generally about 3 to 5 inches long. It is interesting to watch a predator try to eat one, either the eft or the adult newt they usually spit it out very quickly.
Good job!
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