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1.8 True salamanders and newts (Salamandridae) 1.9 Sirens ... This list of amphibians of Florida includes species native to or documented in the U.S. state of Florida ...
The Pacific newts (Taricha) and the Eastern newts (Notophthalmus) with together seven species are the only representatives in North America, while most diversity is found in the Old World: In Europe and the Middle East, the group's likely origin, eight genera with roughly 30 species are found, with the ribbed newts (Pleurodeles) extending to ...
The striped newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) is a species of aquatic salamander native to the southeastern United States.It is a close relative of the eastern newt, with which it shares territory, and can be distinguished from the latter by the presence of red stripes running down the sides of its back and red spots on its back that lack a black outline.
The eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) is a common newt of eastern North America.It frequents small lakes, ponds, and streams or nearby wet forests. The eastern newt produces tetrodotoxin, which makes the species unpalatable to predatory fish and crayfish. [3]
Notophthalmus species are East American newts similar in shape to the European newts (cf. Triturus). As a distinct characteristic of their own, both sexes have three to four large pores that lie in a row on the temple. The skin is smooth and soft in the water form and the tail is strongly flattened laterally.
Researchers describe the new species as having "large" eyes and "v"-shaped teeth, according to a new peer-reviewed study A New Species of 'Crocodile Newt' Has Been Discovered — Here’s What ...
Emerson conducted three species surveys from 1919 to 1924 in what was then British Guiana, known today as Guyana, eventually publishing his work in “The Termites of Kartabo” in 1925.
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...