Italian Crested Newt

base stats

• NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 4,795iNaturalist observations
• threat VUvulnerable

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 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #20 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
• 🌍4,795 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 (258 years ago).
• ⚠️Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

fact sheet

English

Italian Crested Newt

Nederlands

Italiaanse Kamsalamander

scientific name

Triturus carnifex

class

Amphibia

order

Caudata

family

Salamandridae

IUCN Red List

VU · vulnerable

sightings in NL

1

sightings in Europe

3,891

sightings worldwide

4,795

GBIF records in NL

157

weight

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length

—

lifespan

—

named

1768 by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti

IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.