This is the smallest vertebrate I've ever seen. I had trouble picking it up over fears of squishing it (it was indoors and trapped). Unfortunately, the tail fell off in the process, but that's what tails do. It seemed impossibly small. Lago de Yojo, Honduras.
Two newts I've found in the yard. The top-most is more recent, and the orange one below is from last October. Both are Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), and over on iNaturalist the orange one was identified down to subspecies Central Newt (N. viridescens ssp. louisianensis)
I'm eternally delighted by them and honored that they'd stop by my garden!
Was about 3 months old I think in this picture. Love the stretched out legs in this one!
