Newt Facts

1. Newts are called caudates.

2. Newts are carnivores.

3. newts have limited eyesight
5. All caudates including newts and salamanders periodically shed their skin.

6.Caudate (newts and salamanders) don't drink.

7. Newts and salamanders are ectothermic which means that their body heat is derived and determined by external sources such as the sun, warmth from the ground or even water.

8. Newts eat their own young. :(

9. A female newt doesn't get pregnant, it gets gravid,  meaning she is holding eggs

10. A newt is sexually mature at the age of two years.

11. Salamanders and newts all have teeth.

12. Caudates (salamanders & newts) also have no ears.

13. Salamanders are the only amphibians who can recreate lost body parts. Legs, tails, toes and possibly even eyes have been known to grow back after being lost.

14. There are 256 species of newt.

15. Paddletail newts are among the most non-active newts.

16.Predators avoid many species of newts because glands in the newts' skins produce toxic secretions.

20. There is a species of Newt in New Mexico that once they leave they turn into tiger salamanders.







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