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Smooth Newt
Lissotriton vulgaris 9630.JPG
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Caudata
Family:
Salamandridae
Genus:
Lissotriton
Species:
L. vulgaris
Binomial name
Lissotriton vulgaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

L. vulgaris ampelensis
L. vulgaris graecus
L. vulgaris kosswigi
L. vulgaris lantzi
L. vulgaris meridionalis
L. vulgaris schmidtlerorum
L. vulgaris vulgaris
Synonyms

Triturus vulgaris

The Smooth Newt is a species of newts. They are also known as the Common Newt. It is the most common newt species of the Lissotriton genus of amphibians. They live in Europe, southern France and the Iberian peninsula.

Images for kids

  • Schiermonnikoog - Kleine watersalamander (Lissotriton vulgaris) cropped

    Throat and belly are spotted. The spots are larger in males (pictured) than in females.

  • Teichmolch maennchen web

    During breeding season, males develop vivid colours and a crest.

  • Schwanheim fg17

    The cloaca is swollen in breeding males.

  • Triturus vulgaris

    Breeding females are drab in colour and have no dorsal crest.

  • Fosse Houssen Lissotriton vulgaris

    Sun-exposed, stagnant, shallow water bodies with abundant vegetation but without fish, such as this ditch, are typical breeding sites.

  • TriturusVulgarisLarva

    Well-developed larva shortly before metamorphosis

  • Smooth Newt Juveniles (Lissotriton vulgaris) (8618458053)

    Two juveniles (efts) after the transition to land

  • Ringelnatter, Natrix natrix mit Teichmolch edit

    Grass snake eating a smooth newt

See also

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