I believe a Great Blue Heron would eat them. I often have them stalking the edges of my pond.

I just checked and their range includes Texas. Last year I had the pleasure of attending the Texas State Fair. The one thing I learned was they deep fry everything down there. That tells me since no one was selling deep fried red spotted newts, there's no market.


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