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The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae.It is found in Portugal and Spain.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open ...
The marbled newt is typically found in habitats characterized by hilly and forestry terrain, away from open and exposed areas. [2] Marbled newts live in temporary habitats, such as ponds, that are subject to change depending on the climate conditions of the region. When rainfall is high and the temperature is lower, typically in the fall and ...
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Marbled newts owe their name to their green–black, marbled colour pattern. In females, an orange-red line runs down back and tail. The crest of male marbled newts is smaller and fleshier than that of the crested newts and not indented, but marbled newt males also have a whitish tail band at breeding time. [9]: 142–147
[1] [2] Their common name is Pacific newts, sometimes also western newts [3] or roughskin newts. The four species within this genus are the California newt , the rough-skinned newt , the red-bellied newt , and the sierra newt , all of which are found on the Pacific coastal region from southern Alaska to southern California, with one species ...
Spot-tailed warty newt (Paramesotriton caudopunctatus) Hong Kong warty newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl) Near Eastern fire salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus) Southern marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) Black knobby newt (Tylototriton asperrimus)
The California newt has warty, slate-gray skin on its back and bright orange-yellow skin underneath. It is very similar in appearance to the rough-skinned newt and they are often indistinguishable without dissection, but in general, the California newt has orange skin around the bottom of its eye while the Rough-skinned has gray skin at the bottom of its eye.
Taricha genus Western Newt Tetrodotoxin: Pacific coastal region from southern Alaska to southern California, and Mexico Triturus genus crested and the marbled newts Tetrodotoxin: Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea region Notophthalmus genus Tetrodotoxin [4] eastern United ...