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Hi all:) Yesterday I got a new newt that was listed as a crocodile newt. I have searched crocodile newt on google, but all that comes up is info on mandarin newts. To me it looks like a species of salamander. It has thick legs, a long thick tail, it is brownish with light orange/red spots, and it is extremely slimy.

These are the best pixs that I could get, as its still a bit stressed and I don't want to disturb it.

Here:

This is one of its head
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This is one of it's tail

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With the amount of blurriness, I am taking a wild stab in the dark and saying that looking at the head in that first picture it looks like maybe some kind of Pachytriton sp. but I don't know.
 
It's definately Pachytriton. It's hard to say which species for certain because of the photo quality but I'd put my money on P. labiatus.

Cheers,
Graeme
 
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