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Necturus lewisi (Neuse River Waterdog)

Synonyms: Necturus maculosus lewisi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Neuse River waterdog, Necturus lewisi, is a medium-sized newt, family Proteidae, found in two rivers of North Carolina.
View Wikipedia Record: Necturus lewisi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
53
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
71
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 103.01
EDGE Score: 5.34
View EDGE Record: Necturus lewisi

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  11 inches (27.6 cm)
Litter Size [1]  28
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  5 years
Male Maturity [1]  5 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Middle Atlantic coastal forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Southeastern mixed forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0