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 If you know ANYthing about oregon newts...

for those who know stuff about oregon newts, please say your opinion on this article i found on the internet...

Rough-skinned Newts are large salamanders reaching total lengths up to 8 inches. They are characterized by warty skin that is not slimy, and are light brown to balck above with ayellow to orange belly. They bear a close resemblance to California Newt, but the teeth in the upper jaw form a V shape as opposed to a Y in the very California Newt, but this is easy to look at only on dead specimens. An easier to see charcter is the color of the lower eyelid, which in the Rough-skinned Newt is dark (light colored in the California Newt). Rough-skinned Newts also have smaller eyes - seen from above the outline of the eye does not reache the edge of the outline of the head, it does in the California Newt. However, Rough-skinned Newts are quite poisonous, as are all Newts of the genus Torosa, so it is not advised to handle these salamanders. If you do, wash your hands before touching your eyes or anything that you might put in your mouth. They are found in a variety of habitats from sea levle to 9000 ft. At Crater Lake, OR, the newts found there are nearly totally black and have been given a subspecies designation - Crater Lake Rough-skinned Newt, T. g. mazamae. All other populations are referred to as the Rough-skinned Newt, T. g. granulosa.



04/12/08  04:00pm

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   Message To: Lukemax1   In reference to Message Id: 1700387


 If you know ANYthing about oregon newts...

its pretty accurate.except rough skin newts, are the most aqautic newt of that praticular genus, therefore are newts,not salamanders.And i live in michigan and cannot find oregon newts.could ya send me one?lol
04/12/08  05:18pm

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Lukemax1
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   Message To: Bluespottedjoe   In reference to Message Id: 1700462


 If you know ANYthing about oregon newts...

acctually i do have a website (ok it’s on construction) stay in touch because i have eggs! (oh, and sorry, i know "Advertising" isn’t aloud) anyway, I guess the site made me more mad because the other information is just as bad or worse=]

oh, and if i already posted a reaply, it didn’t show on my computer so i wrote another=0
04/13/08  12:15am

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AllHailRain
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   Message To: Bluespottedjoe   In reference to Message Id: 1700462


 If you know ANYthing about oregon newts...

A salamander is called a "newt" if it belongs to one of the following genera: Cynops, Echinotriton, Euproctus, Neurergus, Notophthalmus, Pachytriton, Paramesotriton, Pleurodeles, Taricha, Triturus, or Tylototriton.

- Caudata

All Tarichas are newts.
But, all newts are salamanders, not all salamanders are newts.
So...in a way, the article was accurate (in that aspect) but unspecific.
:)
04/13/08  12:57am


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