
Eastern North American Newts
Notophthalmus
Notophthalmus is a genus of newts known commonly as North American newts. There are three species. The name derives from Greek νῶτον (nōton), meaning "back", and Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos), meaning "eye".
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Eastern Newt
speciesNotophthalmus viridescens
Striped Newt
speciesNotophthalmus perstriatus

Black-spotted Newt
speciesNotophthalmus meridionalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27800.