no it is not strong enough to hurt a person but if you eat it you will die
anatomy of red spotted newt
eastern red-spotted newt
no the orange is the juvinile (baby), and the green is the adult stage. only two adults can mate.
Notophthalmus viridescens
The eastern newt is not endangered. The eastern newt the aquatic larvae go through a terrestrial stage before later maturing.
They live in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
· Red Hills Salamander
New Hampshire's state amphibian is the red-spotted newt.
They eat worms, spiders, snails and slugs.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Notophthalmus viridescens.
Yes, the Eastern Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) secretes a poison from its skin similar to the tetrodotoxin found in pufferfish (the Japanese delicacy "fugu"). But is it primarily poisonous to other animals that might try to eat it. From most reports, it is not poisonous enough to hurt humans (unless of course, you eat a plate full of them). i have eaten 1 the doctors told me I was gona die!It was a horrible experience.I still have problems.
white worms,wax worms, slugs, snails,earthworms