#newt salamander

[markscherz]

Look at this friend I made on my way home the other day! What a glorious creature! So gracile and smooth! Truly a peak being. What a privilege it is to share this time in Earth’s history with creatures like this.

[herpsandbirds]

Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) swimming amongst frog eggs, family Salamandridae, Bulgaria

photograph by Peter Newt

[vintagewildlife]

Palmate newts By: Jane Burton From: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Animal World 1980

[orofeaiel]

Rough-Skinned Newt

[amphibianaday]

so here's a fun thing i'm going to be doing this february. feel free to join me!

(day 1152)

no rules, just have fun with it

some of the prompts are meant as an opportunity to try something new (like drawing with your non-dominant hand) but they can be interpret any way you feel like

[chameleocoonj]

dinovember + diNOvember on the weekends B)

[sneksnack]

Amphibian Friends from the Midwest 🐸🦎

[snototter]

An Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in Italy

by Vittorio Ricci

[squishyfauna]

New stuff on Etsy!

@onenicebugperday ✨

[caleod]

13-1-24

[lake-lady]

From the forest...everything is turning very green 💚

[markscherz]

Bad Newts: Amphibians are in Serious Trouble

My colleagues and I have just had a paper published in Nature, based on our efforts to assess almost all amphibian species for the IUCN Red Lists. The major takeaway messages:

It is a bad time to be an amphibian

Two fifths of all amphibians are threatened with extinction.

Salamanders are the most threatened group; three fifths of all salamanders are threatened with extinction!

Climate change is a major driver of amphibian declines globally

Habitat loss, especially due to agriculture, is a problem for the vast majority of amphibians

Chytrid pandemics have caused and continue to cause catastrophic declines of both salamanders and frogs

Protected areas and careful management are working as strategies! They are actively improving the outlook of some species

As many as 222 amphibian species may have gone extinct in recent times; of those, 185 are suspected extinct but not yet confirmed.

Our paper is Open Access, you can read it here!

Photo of Atelopus hoogmoedi by Jaime Culebras, used with permission

[herpsandbirds]

Himalayan Crocodile Newt (Tylototriton verrucosus), family Salamandridae, found in parts of South and SE Asia

Poisonous.

Some species within this genus are capable of poking the tips of their ribs through the orange bumps on the back, which secrete poison. The ribs can effectively become venomous spines that puncture the predator’s skin! (or the curious naturalist!)

photograph by Dick Bartlett

[typhlonectes]

via: Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends

[darksilvania]

NEWTOX, VENEWTOX, EMPERATOX (Water/Poison) & DRAXOLORD (Water/Dragon)

Newt pokemon based on the Emperor Newt or Mandarin Newt, a highly toxic newt from china with a split evolution based on the Axolotl

Shiny colors

[amphibianaday]

day 1545 and day 2 of amphibiuary prompt list