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Red-bellied newts can live for 20-30 years. [9] After reaching reproductive maturity, male red-bellied newts start congregating at stream banks as early as January or February. One to three weeks later, the females join them and the newts mate. [2] Red-bellied newts lay their eggs in fast-flowing streams or rocky rivers.
A single newt female can produce hundreds of eggs. For instance, the warty newt can produce 200–300 eggs (Bradford 2017). After courtship rituals of varying complexity, which take place in ponds or slow-moving streams, the male newt transfers a spermatophore, which is taken up by the female. Fertilized eggs are laid singly and are usually ...
This category contains articles about taxa in the newt genera (subfamily Pleurodelinae) of the family Salamandridae which also includes the true salamanders. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
The red eft (juvenile) stage is a bright orangish-red, with darker red spots outlined in black. An eastern newt can have as many as 21 of these spots. The pattern of these spots differs among the subspecies. An eastern newt's time to get from larva to eft is about three months.
The red-tailed knobby newt is a relatively large, robust newt. Their total length is 155–210 mm (6.1–8.3 in), females being larger than males. They live in small ponds, slowly flowing streams and surrounding shady and moist grassy slopes with many hiding places. Outside the reproductive season, they are rather terrestrial.
The red-bellied newt is brown on the upper body with a red underbelly, has grainy skin, and grows to between 5.5 and 7.5 in (14 and 19 cm). It can be distinguished from other coastal newts, not only by its red belly, but also by the lack of yellow in its eyes. Breeding males develop smooth skin and a flattened tail. [4]
The anal opening is a longitudinal slit, and its borders are not raised. The skin is rough and the parotoid glands are large. There is a strong fold on the chin. The entire newt is uniformly blackish brown, slightly paler on the lips, snout, chin, throat, and under surface of limbs. The lower edge of the tail is orange-yellow. [3]
Azerbaijan newt Lake Urmia newt [4] Yellow spotted newt VU (IUCN) Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Neurergus derjugini (Nesterov, 1916) Kurdistan newt CR (IUCN) Iran, possibly Iraq, and possibly Turkey. Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952: Luristan newt Kaiser's mountain newt VU (IUCN) Southern Zagros Mountains in Iran Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887)