#1883 · 🐸 amphibians

Pygmy Marbled Newt

🇳🇱 Dwergmarmersalamander ·Triturus pygmaeus

NTnear threatened 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
2. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
5. © Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
7. Beja, PT:© Leonor Paiva · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Comunidad de Madrid, ES-MD-MD, ES:© kingoftheghosts · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Portugal:© Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Alicante, ES-VC, ES:© Santi Garcia Pedraza · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt ( Triturus pygmaeus ) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,478iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
1,478 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Willy Wolterstorff in 1905 (121 years ago).