Eastern Newt (IMAGE)

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Eastern Newt

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The eastern newt is not as often seen in eastern North America as it once was. It frequents small lakes, ponds and streams or near-by wet forests. The eastern newt produces tetrodotoxin, which makes the species unpalatable to predatory fish and crayfish.

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