I was raised in the UK where there are only 'newts' and they're as aquatic as a
frog. They don't metamorphose at will.
Most of us only experience the kind of beast you've posted there as a pet
axolotl which I understood was an immature salamander with the unusual ability
to breed in the immature form (neoteny).
Andrew Fildes
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On 30/03/2012, at 4:19 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 3/29/2012 9:45 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> That is one nice newt Moose - very lugubrious!
>
> Yeah, I like that name. :-)
>
> Just to keep you on the tech straight and narrow, this is a salamander, but
> not a newt. OTH, a newt is a type of
> salamander.
> <http://www.californiaherps.com/identification/salamandersid/salamanders.id2.html>
>
> We also have California newts around here, but not in my immediate
> neighborhood. Not the right habitat. The newts live
> most of the year away from water as air breathers in the dry hills. Then they
> have dry, rough skin and roundish tails.
> To breed, they come down to streams and pools and enter. There, their gills
> develop, their skin goes smooth and slippery
> and their tails develop top and bottom fins for use in swimming.
>
> Wrong camera, wrong light/time of day, murky waters - still, you can see how
> the tail changes in the water from the
> above link's 'dry' shots.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=SFBayArea/UC_Botanic_Garden&image=SAM_0836croof40.jpg>
> I
> don't know if this one was taking a break, ostracized, or what. The rest were
> under the lily pads, getting up close and
> personal.
>
> They cavort in a weeks long orgy, deposit their eggs and head back to the
> hills.
>
> Eft Watcher Moose
>
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