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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. Its back and sides are dark brown, while the belly is yellow to orange with dark ...
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 ...
Hampton Nature Reserve is a 300-acre site that is home to the largest population of great crested newts in Europe. [citation needed] The site is owned be O&H Hampton and managed by Froglife. [1] The reserve is diverse and includes 200-year-old woodland, 340 ponds, and areas of grassland.
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 ...
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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.
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."
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