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Range: Eastern and Central Canada and the United States.
Habitat: Forests
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Possible Threats: Road and railroads, logging and wood harvesting, land use conversion.
ARTI Projects/Partner Projects – Conservation for the Species: Helderberg Workshop Conservation Easement, Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
Other Notes: Spotted Salamanders rely on vernal pools for breeding. These temporary pools are important to a variety of salamanders, frogs and toads because of their “vernal” nature do not have fish predators for the amphibian eggs or larvae.

Range: Eastern and Central United States, including southern Canada.
Habitat: Forests, wetlands, freshwater ponds and lakes.
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Possible Threats: Roads and railroads, water pollution, disease.
ARTI Projects/Partner Projects – Conservation for the Species: Helderberg Workshop Conservation Easement, Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
Other Notes: Eastern Newts have three life stages, aquatic larvae, terrestrial juvenile (called an eft) and the mostly aquatic adult. This species produces a toxin in the skin making them less attractive to predators.