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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.
Ommatotriton ophryticus, the northern banded newt, is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. [2] [3] It is found in northeastern Turkey and western Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and southern Russia. [2]
A newt is a salamander in ... Development in the northern crested newt ... the smooth newt and palmate newt are not listed, the sale of either species is ...
The northern crested newt is the most widespread species, while the others are confined to smaller regions, e.g. the southwestern Iberian Peninsula in the southern marbled newt, [15] and the Danube basin and some of its tributaries in the Danube crested newt. [20]
The rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) is a newt known for its strong poison. Habitats of rough-skinned newts are found throughout the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia . Their range extends south to Santa Cruz , California and north to Alaska .
They typically prefer ponds in northern Europe, where temperatures are colder [citation needed]. Adult T. carnifex start to arrive between February and May, and leave between July and October. [ 4 ] In warmer ponds, adult newts arrive within a month and leave during a two-week period in July. [ 4 ]
The Danube crested newt was described as a variety of the northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus) by C. Kiritzescu in 1903. [3] Later, it was considered a subspecies until genetic analysis supported its recognition as a separate species in the crested newt species complex. [2]
Neurergus crocatus, the yellow-spotted newt, [3] Azerbaijan newt, Azerbaijan mountain newt, mountain newt, or Lake Urmia newt, is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It occurs in the mountains west of Lake Urmia , in northwestern Iran , northeastern Iraq , and southeastern Turkey .