went looking for newts

[Ant]

So today I went herping for some notos witch I have never seen here. So I start my jurney around a few ponds... nothing but frogs or fish... I waste my time there for a while and then give up on newts. So I go looking for terrestrials. I only find a few red backs, nothing much. I plan to go home when I see a few tiles under where gutters empty. So I flip the first 1 to find a healthy ambystoma maculatum! in total I found 3 of them!

the first 1

the second 1

I could have sworn I took one of the third but it wasn't in my camera...

Next I find what looked like an odd colored red back, so am I right to believe these are dusky sals?

And finially, the reason I posted this thread. I found a RED EFT! Though I couldn't find where the adults are I now know there is hope of me getting notos!

 

[Jimmy]

Wow, nice! Newts are quite the odd little creatures, aren't they!

 

[Ant]

yup even though only 1 is a newt!

 

[Capensis]

Cute :3

 

[jimscott]

Newts are cool! I used to spend some time, "going frogging" with different friends when I was a kid and turn over logs in forested areas for newts. I've only ever seen the spotted orange newts.

 

[Ant]

the grey ones are red back salamanders with a different color gene. Also remember those are SMALL spotted salamanders. Jim, I think the eastern newt is the only newt in your range with a terrestrial phase.

 

[joossa]

Very nice. Did you keep them!?

 

[Ant]

No... I want be keeping anything until spring. I would rather catch adult eastern newts or raise the spotteds from tadpoles witch is easier in spring.

 

[RL7836]

Are those your glasses lying lens-down on concrete?

 

[Ant]

no...