Lissotriton
Encyclopedia
Lissotriton is a genus of salamandrid
newt
s that occur in Europe
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Salamandridae
Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Currently, 74 species have been identified in the northern hemisphere - Europe, Asia, the northern tip of Africa and North America...
newt
Newt
A newt is an aquatic amphibian of the family Salamandridae, although not all aquatic salamanders are considered newts. Newts are classified in the subfamily Pleurodelinae of the family Salamandridae, and are found in North America, Europe and Asia...
s that occur in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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Species
- Bosca's NewtBosca's NewtBosca's newt , also known as the Iberian newt, is a species of newt in the Salamandridae family...
(Lissotriton boscai) - Palmate NewtPalmate NewtThe Palmate Newt is a species of newt found in most of Western Europe, including Great Britain. It is protected by law in all countries where it occurs, and is thought to be extremely rare to endangered in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and vulnerable in Spain and Poland but common...
(Lissotriton helveticus) - Italian NewtItalian NewtThe Italian Newt is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater...
(Lissotriton italicus) - Carpathian NewtCarpathian NewtThe Carpathian Newt is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family.It is found in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine....
(Lissotriton montandoni) - Smooth NewtSmooth NewtThe Smooth Newt, also known as the Common Newt, Lissotriton vulgaris is the most common newt species of the Lissotriton genus of amphibians. L...
(Lissotriton vulgaris)