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SpeciesCaudataSalamandridae
Amphibians

🦎Eastern newt

Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)

Notophthalmus viridescens é uma espécie de anfíbio caudado pertencente à família Salamandridae. Pode ser encontrada nos Estados Unidos da América e no Canadá. Esta espécie tem quatro subespécies: N. v. viridescens é a subespécie mais disseminada. Tem uma fila de manchas vermelho-alaranjadas ao longo de cada lado do corpo. N. v. louisianensis pode ser encontrada ao longo das pontas este e oeste da distribuição geográfica da espécie. Não apresenta as manchas vermelho-alaranjadas N. v. piaropicola habita a região noroeste da Flórida. É preta no dorso e não tem pintas vermelhas. Os adultos são neoténicos e raramente abandonam a água. N. v. dorsalis pode ser encontrada na Carolina do Norte e do Sul. Tem marcas vermelho-alaranjadas que se assemelham mais a riscas do que a pintas.

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Notophthalmus viridescens
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0 kg
Body length
0.14 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Everything we know about the Eastern newt

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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
0.14 m
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
25 yearsrecord 25 years · AmphiBIO
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
arthropods, vertebrates
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Eastern newt yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAmphibia
  4. ›orderCaudata
  5. ›familySalamandridae
  6. ›genusNotophthalmus
  7. ›speciesNotophthalmus viridescens
Full lineage
  1. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  2. orderSalamanders & newts · Caudata
  3. subfamilyPleurodelinae
  4. genusNotophthalmus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  9. superorderBatrachia
  10. orderSalamanders & newts · Caudata
  11. superfamilySalamandroidea
  12. familySalamandridae
  13. subfamilyPleurodelinae
  14. genusNotophthalmus
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Notophthalmus viridescens (pl), Mlok zelenkastý (sk), Зеленоватый тритон (ru), Notophthalmus viridescens (fr), 绿红东美螈 (zh), Notophthalmus viridescens (pt) … and 15 more languages
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Central Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis) Flickr 2ndPeterCentral Newt Flickr GregTheBusker (1)
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