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Eastern Newt

Posted by Emily Gerber,
North Country explorer from Odessa, FL
April 22, 2019

My herpetology class went to Glenmeal State Forest to look for some herps. While looking for salamanders next to a vernal pool, I flipped over some leaves and found an eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in the eft stage.

Eastern Newt