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Found three of these little lizards in my garden under some planks. Are they newts?

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Posted : 04/10/2011 11:20 am
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probably a newt?

and therefore likely to be protected so I'd leave well alone...

more detail here;

[url= http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2008/smooth-common-newt-triturus-vulgaris-photos/ ]http://www.waterloo-farm.co.uk/10/2008/smooth-common-newt-triturus-vulgaris-photos/[/url]


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:21 am
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how exciting!


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:22 am
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definately a newt


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:22 am
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Looks like a female Smooth Newt to me... Possibly a Palmate...


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:23 am
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You should keep him and name him 'Tiny'.


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:26 am
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looks like a baby t-rex to me, have you been injecing frogspan with long extinct dna harvested from mosquitos trapped in prehistoric amber? i bloody knew it!!


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:28 am
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Absolutely a newt. Found one once marching across our warehouse floor at work. As we're around ¾ mile from any water source or pond that I'm aware of, I have no idea at all how it got there. I put it into a little plastic box with some damp tissue and took it to a pond recommended by the local wildlife people. While I don't have a licence to handle them, common sense dictates that leaving it to be squashed by a fork truck or pallet truck is out of the question. Cute little things, though. I'd leave them there, they eat all sorts of bugs and stuff, so they're good to have in the garden.


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:32 am
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baby robin nes pas?


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:33 am
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That's Gary, that is.

Been missing since last Thursday, after he called a witch a ****.


 
Posted : 04/10/2011 11:38 am