### animal | vertebrate | amphibian | salamander:

Newt
* Some newts have skin secretion.
* Some newts have toxic secretion
  - occupy ecological niches
  - spend their entire juvenile life as tadpoles and never go through a terrestrial stage
* become adults.
* breathe air.
* come out of water.
* display blue color
* eat food
  - worms
* enter ponds
  - stages
  - vernal ponds
* feed upon insects.
* has-part skin.
* have bellies
  - heads
  - porous skin
  - spines
  - tails
  - throats
  - whitish throats
  - ears
  - rib cages
* leave water.
* live in excess
* must have diets.
* possess chromosomes.
* prefer food.
* require water.
* return to streams.
* shed skin.
* survive events.
* swim in ponds
* undergo complete metamorphosis

### animal | vertebrate | amphibian | salamander | newt:

Adult newt
* eat worms.
  - vernal ponds
* have heads.
* live in water.

Adult newts
* Most adult newts eat worms.
* Most adult newts enter ponds
* alter the speed in which they dive between descents and ascents.

Eastern newts
* Most eastern newts eat worms
  - leave water
* are at home in both coniferous and deciduous forests.
* can be anywhere from yellow to green to orange in color.
* inhabit both deciduous and coniferous forests.
* move quickly in water, but are slow on land.

Smooth newts
* Most smooth newts have throats
* Some smooth newts have crests.
* have paddle-like tails for increased swimming speeds.

Spot salamander
* Most spot salamanders exhibit preference.
* Most spot salamanders have bellies
  - delicate skin
* Most spot salamanders use sticky tongues
* Some spot salamanders leave water.

Spotted salamander
* are fine with no light beyond ambient room lighting
  - fossorial , meaning they spend most of their time underground
  - found in eastern North America
  - nocturnal and hibernate in winter
  - widespread across New York
* breed in temporary pools in the deciduous forests of Virginia.
* go through several stages over their lifetime.
* have poison glands in their skin, mostly on their backs and tails.
* incubate their young using solar powered eggs.

Terrestrial salamander
* Many terrestrial salamanders breathe oxygen via a set of regular, internal lungs.
* Most terrestrial salamanders are inactive during cold weather, and some hibernate
  - have lungs
  - live in habitats
* Some terrestrial salamanders migrate to breed ponds
* are active and migrate on moist, cool nights
  - obligate forest dwellers

### animal | vertebrate | amphibian | salamander:

Tiger salamander
* Most tiger salamanders develop ability
  - engage in activities
  - feed on worms
* Most tiger salamanders have heads
  - round snouts
  - toes
* Most tiger salamanders inhabit areas
  - barren areas
  - live for years
  - use gills
* Some tiger salamanders have bars
  - noses
* Some tiger salamanders ingest gravel
  - small gravel
  - return to water
* Tiger Salamanders are large burrowing North American amphibians, most active at night
  - native to Oregon so pose no environmental threat
  - breed in spring, often before all the ice has melted from the ponds' surface
* are a wonderful species of amphibian family, which is endangered now
  - an example of specialists
  - animals
  - eaten by badgers, snakes, bobcats, and owls
  - fascinating creatures
  - harmless animals that feed on insects, especially beetles
  - less dependent on the forest than most other Ambystomids
  - one of the endangered species nowadays
  - popular as pets
  - some of the largest land based salamanders alive
  - the principal model system, although other amphibians are also used
* begin life by munching aquatic crustaceans and insects.
* breed and lay eggs primarily in vernal pools and other temporary ponds
  - in spring, often before all the ice has melted from the ponds surface
* is found near South Dakota, near west river, and east of the Missouri river.
* love to burrow in moss.
* secret a slimy substance which is poisonous to other animals.