By googling the Linnaean name I found out the Dutch name is “Canadese watersalamander” which you can probably figure out without a translation. So this newt was in the wrong country.

Which was a confusing statement for me until I remembered that the photo was taken in the Adirondacks, which are in the US. (I was confused and I was there. So I thought I’d clarify for those of you who might be a little fuzzy on our regional geography. We weren’t in Canada.)