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ben rigsby
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Joined: 27 Apr 2010
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Posted: 12 Dec 2010
nothing new on smooth newts since may! outrageous laziness guys n gals!

heres a poor pic of a male surfacing. better than nothing!



small aggregation of newts under refugium;



not sure if vulg or helv - i didnt pick them up

ben
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Caleb
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Joined: 17 Feb 2003
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Posted: 13 Dec 2010
[QUOTE=ben rigsby]
not sure if vulg or helv - i didnt pick them up
[/QUOTE]

For juveniles, if the stripe along the back extends onto the tail, and/or is of equal intensity all the way along, they're palmates. So I'd guess at least 3 of those are palmate.
ben rigsby
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Posted: 15 Dec 2010
thanks for a very handy tip. i suspected they might be myself somehow but i didnt want to say so here and be wrong!
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