#1848 · 🐸 amphibians

Palmate Newt

🇳🇱 Vinpootsalamander ·Lissotriton helveticus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tse Chung Yi · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Vallvidrera, Barcelona, España:© Marc Domènech · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Rue de Chatelaillon, La Jarne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FR:© Ludivine Lamare · CC BY 4.0
6. 29740 Torre del Mar, Málaga, España:© methlog · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Liverpool L16, UK:© Brenda Cameron · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 07700 Bourg-Saint-Andéol, France:© Thomas Pastor · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nogent-sur-Oise, France:© Collège Berthelot · CC BY 4.0
10. Algeciras:© lucy_marwood · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The palmate newt ( Lissotriton helveticus ) is a species of newt found in most of Western Europe, including Great Britain. It is protected by law in all countries where it occurs, and is thought to be extremely rare to endangered in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and vulnerable in Spain and Poland, but common elsewhere.

base stats

NL sightings 17iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,001iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 17 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #14 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
12,001 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Grigory Razumovsky in 1789 (237 years ago).