Hi
Any idea of what this is? He was found near our strawberry patch in So. Central Missouri in Early June 2010 and is 2 - 3 inches long with really pretty iridescent dots along his whole body (as you can see if I can upload a photo. The color is reddish rusty brown and the dots are either black or orange. |
Image link: Please ID this creature (lizard) (58 k)
| It's a newt or salamander. No scales = no lizard http://atlas.moherp.org/photo/?novi |
Here is a link that might be useful: This one?
| Its an Eastern Newt in its terrestrial eft stage. It has toxic body slime secretions, don't touch your eyes after handling it, and some people might be more sensitive, so watch for skin irritations, too. The only thing I could find on the Missouri Department of Conservation site was regarding a subspecies, the central newt. I don't think that's a central newt. I used to sell Eastern (or red-spotted) Newts at my pet store, they're really interesting, for about two weeks. lol However, it WAS really cool to catch some larvae with gills from a pond at Girl Scout Camp, they were tiny. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Eastern Newt Wiki
