Condition
Dead
Animal
Roughskin Newt
Observation Date / Time
Rough-Skinned Newt (roadkill)
It just made me sick this morning to see 42 (yes, forty-two!!) dead newts on Alma Bridge Road. Many were bloody with guts spewed out (recently dead). Others were smashed flat so that the orange belly could not be seen.
See the following journal posting for more info: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/truthseqr/13713-roadkill
I wish the highway dept. would put up barriers to keep the newts off the road and stop the carnage.
Description:
* Warty, slate-gray skin on its back and bright orange-yellow skin underneath.
* The eyes have patches of yellow
* When seen from above, the eyes of T. granulosa do not extend past the margin of the head.
* The lower eyelids of T. granulosa are dark in color.
(Alma Bridge Road)
Observer
209572-truthseqr
Location Description
Lexington Reservoir County Park, CA, USA