Red efts can grow to be about three inches in length and can live on land for years before they change into adult eastern newts. The red eft has rough red to reddish-orange skin and a rounded tail. The adult eastern newt is yellowish-brown, olive green, or brown on its uppersides, and it has a yellow belly with black spots. Its tail is more flattened than the tail of the red eft. There are four subspecies of the eastern newt. The Red-spotted newt, the broken-striped newt, the central newt, and the peninsula newt.
The red-spotted newt has black-bordered orange-red spots when it is a red eft. The broken-striped newt is reddish-brown and has stripes on its back in the red eft stage. The central newt usually has no spots or stripes in the red eft stage. The red-spotted newt is found from Nova Scotia south to Georgia. The broken-striped newt is found in coastal North and South Carolina.
The central newt is found from Ontario, Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. The peninsula newt is found in Florida. These spots, and the efts coloration, are warnings of toxic skin secretions. Because of this chemical defense, newts can coexist with fish, which often eat other salamanders.
Willson unless otherwise noted Salamandrids are collectively known as the "newts," a term which often breeds some confusion -- as in "What is the difference between a salamander and a newt? Herp Home. SREL Home.
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