This is a Red-Spotted Newt.  It lives in shallow lakes and ponds. It also lives in slow streams.  There must be lots of plants in the water. 

 It can move fast in water but is slow on land.

The Red Spoted Newt eats insects like flies and worms, spiders, snails, and slugs.

This newt is a bright colour.  This shows it  is poisonous.

All newts go back to the same water each year to breed.  The Red Spotted Newt lays its eggs in April or May.  The female lays 200 to 400 eggs on plant leaves and stems.  The eggs hatch and the larvae come out.  The largae live in water.  They have gills like a fish.  The larvae change into efts.  Efts live on land.  They live in woods.  After 2 to 3 years the eft changes into a newt.  Newts can live in water and on land.

Some birds, mammals, fish and amphibians eat the Red-Spotted Newt.  The diving beetle and fish like to eat the Red-Spotted Newt larvae.

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