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davidw
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Joined: 09 May 2005
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Posted: 09 May 2005

In our garden pond (in Wokingham, Berkshire) we have a large number of common newts and possibly some great crested (or very knobbly common newts). We also have at least one yellow newt, resident for the past couple of years. It looks more goldfish-coloured than the somewhat washed-out photo suggests so I'm not convinced it's simply an albino. Size and shape suggest a common newt - is it likely to be a mutation?

 


Caleb
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Posted: 10 May 2005
Yes, looks like a leucistic or albino common/smooth newt. These are recorded every now and then. There are some photos of one recently found in Italy here:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/.../35232.html

If it's a true albino, it will have red eyes, if it's leucistic (this means having reduced pigmentation) it will have normally coloured eyes.

Chris Monk
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Posted: 10 May 2005

David

They are found every so often. There was one reported to me from a garden pond some years ago and it too was a pale goldfish colour.


Chris
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davidw
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Posted: 11 May 2005

Thanks Caleb & Chris. It has normal coloured eyes so it must be leucistic.

David


djp_phillips
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Posted: 28 Jan 2006
that's a rare site that newt!
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Dan Kane
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Posted: 29 Jan 2006

Some of my friends live near there (I think)

They also have a pond, and in it have:

Smooth Newts

Palmate Newts

Common Frogs

Goldfish

I've been to their house a few times, but never seen a leucistic specimen.

You're lucky to have it in your pond, as they're very rare.


Dan

www.randacumbria.moonfruit.com
djp_phillips
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Posted: 30 Jan 2006
albinos are very rare, but do you think that is a good thing?
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Dan Kane
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Posted: 31 Jan 2006
I'm not sure if it's good or not, but it sure is a treat to see a wild one.
Dan

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djp_phillips
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Posted: 31 Jan 2006
I prefer to see the normal morphs in the wild, a friend of mine found a
yellow asp viper in Switzerland and I said to him that I would have been
gutted to found that one rather then a brillient zigzag specimen with the
natural colors
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