A newt is a small creature that has four legs and a long tail and can live on land and in water.
This wet area also attracts frogs, toads and newts.
newt in British English
(njuːt)
noun
1.
any of various small semiaquatic urodele amphibians, such as Triturus vulgaris (common newt) of Europe, having a long slender body and tail and short feeble legs
2. mainly British
any other urodele amphibian, including the salamanders
Word origin
C15: from a newt, a mistaken division of an ewt; ewt, from Old English evetaeft1
newt in American English
(nut; njut)
noun
any of various small salamanders (family Salamandridae) that can live both on landand in water