#1905 · 🐸 amphibians

Danube Crested Newt

🇳🇱 Donaukamsalamander ·Triturus dobrogicus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Russell Scott · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © mfranzen · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © mariusbujor · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Beravci, Hrvatska:© Tomislav Mandir · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Budapest, Mocsárosdűlő, 1031 Hungary:© Bálint Wenner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gyöngyös, 3200 Magyarország:© Tamási Gergő · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3133, Österreich:© Philip Schaffer · CC BY 4.0
9. Senné, Košice, SK:© tomstredl · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Pamhagen, Österreich:© mfranzen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Danube crested newt or Danube newt ( Triturus dobrogicus ) is a species of newt found in central and eastern Europe, along the basin of the Danube river and some of its tributaries and in the Dnieper delta. It has a smaller and more slender body than the other crested newts in genus Triturus but like these, males develop a conspicuous jagged seam on back and tail during breeding season.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 199iNaturalist 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.
199 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantin Kirițescu in 1903 (123 years ago).