I loved your picture of the newt. I netted out about 20 newts from my garden pond in Newport today. I also had the pleasure of transporting about 50 frogs to another pond in the garden whilst I removed some of the sludge from the bottom of the pond. As to the naming of the newts I believe that a baby newt is called an Eft but I just call him Tiny, because he's minute! ...tee hee
On finding a newt whilst weeding I put it in the palm of my hand and showed it to my four year old niece, she took one look and exclaimed "Oh, it's a baby dinosaur" I have to agree there is an uncanny resemblance. I haven't seen any frog spawn yet but I've heard the little critters croaking repeatedly! Maybe they are holding back because they know something about the weather that we don't.
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An eft. Yes. Thank you.