#1890 · 🐸 amphibians

Italian newt

🇳🇱 Italiaanse Watersalamander ·Lissotriton italicus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Wouter Beukema · CC BY 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Daniel Hrčka · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Francesco D'Aleo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Franco Andreone - see authorization · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Italian newt ( Lissotriton italicus ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found only in Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly known as Triturus italicus , but was relocated to the Lissotriton genus after Triturus was split.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 528iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
528 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Mario Giacinto Peracca in 1898 (128 years ago).