where do they go??

[dane_zu]

every year I go to a camp(the one I posted pics from) that has a lake and then a lot of woods around the lake with little swamps and holes that are vernal pools

anyway a friend(he works there) and I were wondering because we have never found an adult Central newt(N.V.L)

we have found multiple efts and were wondering do the adults maybe go into the lake and then come out at spring, breed in the vernal pools, and then go into the lake?? do they breed in the lake? it has fish in it so i dont think they do, but that brings up another question, do the larvae have toxins in their skin like the adults?

It has also been pretty dry up there the past couple of years, so the ponds dry up pretty fast

 

[eldaldo]

I think it might depend on the size of the lake. There was a "lake" that I used to go to in southwestern pennsylvania that was at least 20 acres, although I am not too sure about it's size, and we used to find adult notos in the heavy aquatic weeds along the shore. We even would catch them when we went fishing by dangling a worm into the water and pulling them out when they would bite the worm. there were definietly big fish in the lake as well as waves. it is surprising to think that the newts were so common, but they were. it might be the same thing with your camp.