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English: Courtship of northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus), also known as the great crested newt or warty newt.Filmed in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Original description: Saw lots of great crested newts today after a poor days rockpooling at Dover (not quite as clear as Cornwall!) I placed the camera in the water and left it and to my surprise the newts came right up to it to ...
The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt (Triturus cristatus) is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia. It is a large newt, with females growing up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Its back and sides are dark brown, while the belly is yellow to orange with dark ...
The crested newts are believed to have originated in the Balkans [26] and radiated in a brief time interval between 11.5 and 8 mya: First, the Balkan–Asian group (the Anatolian, Balkan and southern crested newt) branched off from the other crested newts, probably in a vicariance event caused by the separation of the Balkan and Anatolian land ...
Salamanders and newts Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) — has bred at least once [citation needed] Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) (naturalised) [1] Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex) [2] Toads Midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) (naturalised) [3] Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) — was naturalised but current status ...
Newts are semiaquatic, spending part of the year in the water for reproduction and the rest of the year on land. While most species prefer stagnant water bodies such as ponds, ditches, or flooded meadows for reproduction, some species such as the Danube crested newt can also occur in slow-flowing rivers.
There's something so precious about watching two dogs play together, and when one just happens to be the largest breed of dog, in the form of a Great Dane, and the other is a tiny Hairless Crested ...
A licence is required for surveying in ponds which contain great crested newts. [ 11 ] The site, known as Alton's Field, [ 12 ] was notified on 16 August 2000, [ 8 ] because "this site supports one of the largest known breeding populations of great crested newt Triturus cristatus in the UK."
Four species are categorized as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: the Barton Springs salamander, the Texas blind salamander, the black-spotted newt, and the Houston toad. Furthermore, Texas law protects several native amphibians, designating eleven species as threatened within the state and four others as endangered.