Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Notophthalmus viridescensPCCA20040816-3983A.jpg

 
Original
Reason
Clear, sharp, highly encyclopedic image.
Note: this is a revised version of a recently delisted Featured Picture. During the course of the original candidacy, this edit was uploaded to address colour balance concerns and was subsequently promoted. Shortly aftewards, the photographer raised some issues with the colour balance of the promoted edit, leading to a lengthy discussion on the FPC talk page, which in turn resulted in the FP being delisted. Please note that the "original" image has since been overwritten by the photographer with this larger, colour-corrected version.
Proposed caption
A terrestrial subadult Eastern newt or red eft, Notophthalmus viridescens. Salamanders of the family Salamandridae with aquatic adult stages are called newts. Some newts, including the Eastern newt, have a juvenile terrestrial stage called the eft. The red eft has bright aposematic coloration to warn predators of its highly toxic skin.
Articles this image appears in
Eastern Newt, Salamandridae, Newt
Creator
User:Cotinis

Replaced as requested. MER-C 02:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Notophthalmus viridescensPCCA20040816-3983A.jpg --Dusty777 17:41, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]