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Italian Crested Newt
Salamandridae

Italian Crested Newt

Triturus carnifex (Laurenti, 1768)

The Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex) is a poikilothermic newt species native to parts of Italy and the Balkans.

Great Crested Newt
Salamandridae

Great Crested Newt

Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)

Triturus cristatus, the northern crested newt, is a large widespread newt species native to Eurasia.

Pygmy Marbled Newt
Salamandridae

Pygmy Marbled Newt

Triturus pygmaeus (Wolterstorff, 1905)

Triturus pygmaeus, the southern marbled newt, is a small newt found only in southern Portugal and southwestern Spain.

Southern Crested Newt
Salamandridae

Southern Crested Newt

Triturus karelinii (Strauch, 1870)

Triturus karelinii, the southern crested newt, is a newt species found in parts of West Asia, occupying a range of mountain habitats.

Chiang Mai Crocodile Newt
Salamandridae

Chiang Mai Crocodile Newt

Tylototriton uyenoi Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote & Matsui, 2013

Tylototriton uyenoi is a small newt endemic to northern Thailand, a generalist predator breeding from May to July.

Hong Kong Warty Newt
Salamandridae

Hong Kong Warty Newt

Paramesotriton hongkongensis (Myers & Leviton, 1962)

Paramesotriton hongkongensis is a newt species with unique ventral orange patch patterns and documented defensive and breeding behaviours.

Lorestan Newt
Salamandridae

Lorestan Newt

Neurergus kaiseri Schmidt, 1952

Neurergus kaiseri, the Luristan newt, is a vulnerable salamander endemic to the southern Zagros Mountains, Iran.

Sword-tailed Newt
Salamandridae

Sword-tailed Newt

Cynops ensicauda (Hallowell, 1861)

The sword-tailed newt (Cynops ensicauda) is a threatened poisonous salamander species endemic to Japan's Ryukyu Archipelago.

Japanese Fire-bellied Newt
Salamandridae

Japanese Fire-bellied Newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster (Boie, 1826)

Cynops pyrrhogaster, the Japanese fire-bellied newt, is a newt species endemic to Japan with distinct color and sexual traits.

Corsican brook salamander
Salamandridae

Corsican brook salamander

Euproctus montanus (Savi, 1838)

Euproctus montanus, the Corsican brook salamander, is a small endemic salamander found only on the island of Corsica.

Black-spotted Newt
Salamandridae

Black-spotted Newt

Notophthalmus meridionalis (Cope, 1880)

Notophthalmus meridionalis, the black-spotted newt, is the largest extant Notophthalmus, living in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Eastern Newt
Salamandridae

Eastern Newt

Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)

Notophthalmus viridescens, the eastern newt, is a common toxic newt of eastern North America with a distinct land-dwelling juvenile red eft stage.

Striped Newt
Salamandridae

Striped Newt

Notophthalmus perstriatus (Bishop, 1941)

Notophthalmus perstriatus, the striped newt, is a salamander native to the southeastern US with varied color forms and life stages.

California Newt
Salamandridae

California Newt

Taricha torosa (Rathke, 1833)

Taricha torosa, the California newt, is a toxic North American amphibian with distinctive appearance and breeding behavior.

Red-bellied Newt
Salamandridae

Red-bellied Newt

Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935)

Taricha rivularis, the red-bellied newt, is a California newt with a red belly, found in coastal northern California woodlands.

Rough-skinned Newt
Salamandridae

Rough-skinned Newt

Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849)

Taricha granulosa, the rough-skinned newt, is a toxic North American newt found along the Pacific Northwest coast.

Sierra Newt
Salamandridae

Sierra Newt

Taricha sierrae (Twitty, 1942)

Taricha sierrae, the Sierra newt, is a toxic amphibian native to western US mountain regions that has an evolutionary arms race with garter snakes.

Iberian Ribbed Newt
Salamandridae

Iberian Ribbed Newt

Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830

Pleurodeles waltl, the Iberian ribbed newt, is an amphibian with a unique rib-based defense system and an amphibious lifestyle.

Northeastern Paddle-tailed Newt
Salamandridae

Northeastern Paddle-tailed Newt

Pachytriton granulosus Chang, 1933

Pachytriton granulosus is a Salamandridae salamander species endemic to mountainous Zhejiang, China.

Caucasian Banded Newt
Salamandridae

Caucasian Banded Newt

Ommatotriton ophryticus (Berthold, 1846)

Ommatotriton ophryticus is a crested newt species with specific color phases, threatened by multiple human activities and introduced predators.

Southern Banded Newt
Salamandridae

Southern Banded Newt

Ommatotriton vittatus (Gray, 1835)

Ommatotriton vittatus, the southern banded newt, is a medium-sized Salamandridae salamander found in Western Asia.

Pyrenean Brook Salamander
Salamandridae

Pyrenean Brook Salamander

Calotriton asper (Dugès, 1852)

Calotriton asper, the Pyrenean brook salamander, is an endemic mostly aquatic salamander native to the Pyrenees and surrounding mountains.

Palmate Newt
Salamandridae

Palmate Newt

Lissotriton helveticus (Razoumovsky, 1789)

Lissotriton helveticus, the palmate newt, is a small newt species native to Western Europe with distinct physical and life history traits.

Bosca's newt
Salamandridae

Bosca's newt

Lissotriton boscai (Lataste, 1879)

Lissotriton boscai is a small newt with distinct traits, living across a range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

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