Red-spotted Newt [Eastern Newt] [Notophthalmus viridescens]

A comparison picture showing the undersides of two larvae, Red-spotted newt [notophthalmus viridescens] on the left and Spotted Salamander [Ambystoma maculatum] on the right.Coos County,N.H.9-5-15.Both with tail damage.

An adult aquatic ​Eastern Newt.Dauphin County,Pa.3-27-19 [Notophthalmus viridescens].

My first Red-spotted Newt larva [Notophthalmus viridescens].Coos County,N.H.9-2-18

My first Red-spotted Newt larva [Notophthalmus viridescens].Coos County,N.H.9-2-18

A beautiful male adult aquatic Red-spotted Newt [Notophthalmus viridescens].Dauphin County,Pa.11-26-17.Those toes are amazing!"Red-spotted newts breed from autumn through very early summer.During the mating season the males develop broadly keeled tails,swollen vents and cornified toe tips and horny black ridges and pads on the inner surfaces of the thighs"[clearly seen in the pictures].From the great book "Salamanders of the United States and Canada" by James W. Petranka.Also northern populations court during the autumn and spring but the females do not lay eggs until the spring.

Red-Spotted Newt [Notophthalmus viridescens].Notice the damaged right eye and if you look close you can see a mite on this eye.Perry County,10-5-17

Notophthalmus viridescens,Red eft-juvenile.Tioga county,4-29-17

Notophthalmus viridescens.Dauphin County,4-18-17

Nothophthalmus viridescens and them eating Spotted salamander eggs [Ambystoma maculatum].Tioga County,4-15-17

Red-spotted Newt [Notophthalmus viridescens].Aquatic adults.Schuylkill County,4-3-17

Red-spotted Newt [Notophthalmus viridescens].Dauphin county,6-12-15.Juvenile stage "Red Eft".The juveniles spend several years on land before migrating to water and transform into aquatic adults [pictures above] where they remain the rest of their lives.