newt more toxic than poison dart frog???

[Mampam]

i heard on a documentary that the rough skin newt is possibly more toxic than the golden poison frog due to evolutionary competition with some western subspecies of garter snake, which is immune but still affected by the toxin

 

[Jfitz]

i heard on a documentary that the rough skin newt is possibly more toxic than the golden poison frog due to evolutionary competition with some western subspecies of garter snake, which is immune but still affected by the toxin

could be true, some newts are toxic as heck.

 

[killerfish]

wouldn't be to supprised there are VERY toxic newts

 

[Mampam]

ya, i found it very interesting

didnt know newts were that freakin toxic lol

 

[parasite paradise]

have you heard of that one newt that when you grab it, the spines on its side pierce you with deadly toxins. i read it some book. it seemed a little weird

 

[Mampam]

oh wow, no, ill look it up

 

[coura]

Yes its true, but we all have leach, pesticides and allot of deadly stuff in our houses and we wont rid of it. All we need to do is be carefull and keep it apart from children

 

[Mampam]

Yes its true, but we all have leach, pesticides and allot of deadly stuff in our houses and we wont rid of it. All we need to do is be carefull and keep it apart from children

??????????????????? WHAT???!!!!!!!!!!

 

[coura]

??????????????????? WHAT???!!!!!!!!!!

Im saying that is true that thouse newts are very toxic but that all it takes to avid trobble is to have good sence and normal basic security practices when contacting with them like wearing gloves And that in our daily lifes we all deal somehow some way with substances that would make us sick if we ingested them

 

[Dan F]

I've heard that there is an evolutionary arms race between the newts and garter snakes as well. Another interesting aspect of their toxicity is that it is highest in the Mid-Willamette Valley and decrease as you move farther from it. British Columbian specimens have almost no toxin, the Northern Californian and Idahoan specimens have comparatively little.

Check out this thread for some photos I've taken of them.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140345&highlight=taricha