Thursday, December 15, 2011

Classification Challenge


Kingdom: Animalia - belongs in the animal classification 
Phylum: Chordata - has a back bone
Class: Amphibia - cold blooded creatures
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae - newts
Species: Notophthalmus
Genus: Notophthalmus - newts

My newt is a North American newt. There are three species, there is the Black- Spotted Newt, Striped Newt , and Eastern Newt. They live in small body of freshwater, if their water habitat becomes unstable the adults move on to dry lands. They it water fleas, snails, and beetle larvas. The adults don't an exact food habit, they can practically eat any small invertebrates.
 

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