#1895 · 🐸 amphibians

Carpathian Newt

🇳🇱 Karpatensalamander ·Lissotriton montandoni

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Sebastian Voitel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Piotr Lukasik · CC BY 4.0
3. © Viktor Strenada · CC BY 4.0
4. DN12C, , Harghita, RO:© Conrad Altmann · CC BY 4.0
5. Bieszczady County, Poland:© Piotr Lukasik · CC BY 4.0
6. Cisna - Wetlina Landscape Park, Komańcza, Subcarpathian, PL:© Daniel Ward · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Яремчанська міська рада, Івано-Франківська область, Україна:© Viunnyk Vitalii · CC BY 4.0
8. Gorczański Park Narodowy, Mszana Dolna, Małopolskie, PL:© ewandowska · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Pylypets'ka, Zakarpattia Oblast, UA:© Milosz Cousens · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 756 27 Malá Bystřice-Valašská Bystřice, Česko:© Samuel Martinát · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Carpathian newt , or Montadon's newt , ( Lissotriton montandoni ) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 442iNaturalist 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.
442 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Albert Boulenger in 1880 (146 years ago).