Japanese Fire Belly Newt

Dear Journal,
After dealing with the freezing temperatures in Russia, we headed south to Japan to observe the Fire Belly Newt. We took various planes to get here, and it wasn't fun. Before we even departed the cold was freezing my bones. We really missed our tropical heat.

According to a local ecologist from a pet shop whose name I can't pronounce, these amphibians live in calmed, cold water bodies at different altitudes; such as: mountain ponds, flooded field valleys, slow moving rivers, wells, and ditches.

Adaptations
The bright color marks on their sides are marks that warn predators, as they expel poison through their parotoid glands.

If they are bred in captivity, the newts may lose their toxicity.

I could barely notice this little fellow in the water, and I was afraid to grab them because I don't want to die. Also, I don't know what other animals could eat my hand in the river.