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A small eft from northern Georgia.This intermediate, terrestrial stage of the newt's life can last for up to a decade, after which it returns to the water for an aquatic, reproductive stage.
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Early on wet mornings I walk the trails to photograph red efts in a small study I'm doing surveying their spots. But every now and then I can't help taking a minute to snap a dramatic picture of their march through the leaf litter.
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Adult male in breeding condition, from northern Georgia.
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The greenish-brown larvae remain in the water for several months before emerging as efts, orange-red with a double row of black-ringed vermilion spots. The efts spend two or three years on land, hibernating in winter under leaves, and then return permanently to the water, becoming olive green and developing a broad swimming tail. Newts are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Amphibia, order Urodela, family Salamandridae.The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Easthampton, Massachusetts
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Adult from northern Georgia
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Lehman, Pennsylvania, United States
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Juvenile from northern Georgia.
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Sheffield, Massachusetts
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Eft from northwestern Georgia
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Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)Top viewAllegany County, New York, USA
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This very small Eft never figured out a way to get across the stream without getting wet.
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Allegany County, NY (USA)
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Paedogenic adult from northern Georgia.
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Cary, North Carolina, United States
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Ohio, United States
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Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Adult from central Indiana.
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Juvenile from central Indiana.
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Adult dipnetted in SC.
