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NYDid you know Eastern (Red-Spotted) Newts can live for 12-15 years? These little salamanders only grow to be 3-5 inches as adults, and are just 1-3 inches as juveniles (otherwise known as Red Efts). Larvae live in water and use external gills to breathe, but transform into juvenile efts, which migrate to terrestrial habitats and develop lungs to breathe the air.
The red eft is one of our most recognized salamanders, and may spend several years on land before returning to breeding ponds where they transform into aquatic adults. Efts appear bright orange-red in color, but take on an overall greenish color as they mature to adults. This bright coloration serves as a warning that this animal has toxic skin secretions, making them unpalatable to many predators. You can spot red efts after heavy rains in the spring and in the late summer to autumn when the ground is moist, and can see adults from spring through fall and sometimes even into the winter, as they will feed under ice.
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