{"id":86710,"date":"2022-04-22T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:05:59","slug":"how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you tell a newt from a salamander?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander\/#How_can_you_tell_a_newt_from_a_salamander\" title=\"How can you tell a newt from a salamander?\">How can you tell a newt from a salamander?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander\/#Is_newt_and_salamander_same\" title=\"Is newt and salamander same?\">Is newt and salamander same?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander\/#Are_newt_poisonous_to_humans\" title=\"Are newt poisonous to humans?\">Are newt poisonous to humans?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-can-you-tell-a-newt-from-a-salamander\/#How_do_you_identify_a_newt\" title=\"How do you identify a newt?\">How do you identify a newt?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_you_tell_a_newt_from_a_salamander\"><\/span>How can you tell a newt from a salamander?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most newts have webbed feet and a paddle-like tail, which make it easier to live in the water. Salamanders typically have longer and more rounded tails with well-developed toes for digging in soil. <b>A newt&#8217;s skin is rough and looks like it&#8217;s covered in warts, while a salamander&#8217;s is wet, slick, and shiny.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_newt_and_salamander_same\"><\/span>Is newt and salamander same?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The word salamander is the name for an entire group, or scientific order, of amphibians that have tails as adults. This includes amphibians commonly known as newts and sirens. Most salamanders look like a cross between a lizard and a frog.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_newt_poisonous_to_humans\"><\/span>Are newt poisonous to humans?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Some newts living in the western United States are poisonous. Bacteria living on their skin make a powerful paralyzing chemical. It&#8217;s called tetrodotoxin (Teh-TROH-doh-TOX-in). These rough-skinned newts appear to borrow the poison to avoid becoming some snake&#8217;s lunch.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_identify_a_newt\"><\/span>How do you identify a newt?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Newts<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Look for the pale spotted throat.  <\/li>\n<li>Look for the pale throat without spots and a dark stripe through the eye  this can help you to distinguish it from the smooth newt.  <\/li>\n<li>Much larger than the smooth or palmate newt, the male has a large crest which is broken where the tail meets the body.<\/li>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How can you tell a newt from a salamander?Is newt and salamander same?Are newt poisonous to humans?How do you identify a newt? How can you tell a newt from a salamander? Most newts have webbed feet and a paddle-like tail, which make it easier to live in the water. 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