UVM Field Naturalist Program

Have you seen a salamander, frog, or snake recently? If so, submit a report to the VT Reptile and Amphibian Atlas! Students were excited to see these aquatic adult stage Eastern Newts at a clayplain forest last week and contributed the first reported courtship of the season. According to an individual at the Atlas, the male holds the female in place, releases pheromones, and wiggles his tail so the pheromones reach her nostrils.