Reproduction
- For newts courting can happen in both spring and in late autumn.
- The newts however will only lay eggs during the spring season.
- Male newts have three ways behaviorally of inseminating females
- The behavior the newt uses is due to the way the female reacts to the male, and whether or not the female is responsive
- The three tactics are hula display, amplexus, and interference
- Hula display, is when the male undulates his body in front of a stationary female in order to deposit a spermatophore.
- Amplexus, is when the male fans his tail to spread stimulating secretions from his cloaca towards the female’s head, while also repeatedly rubbing his cheek to her snout to simulate her secretions
- Interference, this is when a male interferes with another male in order to get its spermatophore taken up by the female
Growth
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- After hatching the tiny larvae are about seven to nine millimeters long.
- They have slightly branched external gills
- The larvae do not have back legs and only have short front stubby legs
- After a week of hatching the larvae start feeding on a variety of small aquatic invertebrates
- The larvae then grow quickly before metamorphosis to approximately 35 to 40 milimeters
- In late summer and early fall newts make one big growth; this is that they start to develop lungs and granular skin. In order to do that they need to absorb their gills and caudal fin. This is where they become terrestrial efts.
- The newts will stay in this stage for about two to seven years
- The second metamorphosis transforms the eft into a sexually mature adult
- Once the newt becomes a sexually mature adult it returns back to its aquatic existence
- However, for the N.V louisianenis usually skip the terrestrial stage.
Classification
- In the kingdom Animalia
- In the phylum Chordata
- In the class Amphibia
- In the subclass Lissamphibia
- In the order
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