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Watch how trained volunteers assist small amphibians across busy roads so they can get to their breeding destination safely! On warm, rainy early spring nights, many amphibians migrate to their breeding grounds. Unfortunately, some migration paths cross heavily traveled roads where hundreds are struck and killed on their journey. Staff from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey and the division’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program coordinate the Amphibian Crossing Project where volu

💧🦎 Although eastern newts are aquatic as larvae and adults, juveniles (called red efts) live on land! Around 2 to 5 months of age, their lungs, legs and eyelids make them more suited to life on land. As they search for water, they make their homes in leaf litter along the way. 🍂 . . . #AmphibianWeek | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute