#1840 · 🐸 amphibians

Alpine Newt

🇳🇱 Alpenwatersalamander ·Mesotriton alpestris

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Oliver Angus · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © BemmelPhotography Herpetofauna · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Stefano Tito · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © David Kaliss · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 4333 EP Middelburg, Nederland:© brambd · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6212 Maastricht, Netherlands:© ltk1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tongelre, Eindhoven, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wernhout:© bennie1958 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The alpine newt ( Ichthyosaura alpestris ) is a species of newt native to continental Europe and introduced to Great Britain and New Zealand. 7 in) and are usually dark grey to blue on the back and sides, with an orange belly and throat. Males are more conspicuously coloured than the drab females, especially during breeding season.

base stats

NL sightings 240iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,831iNaturalist 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).