red spotted newt
 

Well, it's a little slow right now for us field herpers, so I thought I would post a photo here and there to get us warmed up. Here's a Red Eft (the land phase of the red newt) found it while I was visiting my Dad last year in West Virginia. Didn't find any snakes just Newts and Toads. It was early in the year. Kinda small hope we can see it.

Whoops, should have trimmed and "uprighted" the pic first.

I was up in at University Park, PA for governors school last summer and was doing a forest survey when all of a sudden, there were red spotted efts everywhere. I probably saw about twenty of them and a spotted salamander. It was great. Nice pic.

thanks. I wasn't finding them, then one day I was searching the side of a mountain and they were everywhere. It was a cool day and very misty, didn't have to turn anything they were just walking all over the ground cover.

beautiful picture, I miss my fire belly newts

Wow never seen one like that before....beautiful coloring. Thanks for sharing the pic! :D

Hi.Pleas, I ask?
They will get somewhere this very beautiful salamander?