Triturus
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Triturus is a genus of newts comprising the crested and the marbled newts, which are found from Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea r
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Kammmolchmaennchen
Males develop crests on their back and tail, most conspicuous in the crested newts (here Macedonian crested newt).
Large ponds with abundant vegetation are typical Triturus breeding habitats (here a northern crested newt pond).
Northern crested newt
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The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia. It is a large newt, with fe
Triturus
…habitats have been designated as special reserves. The genus name Triturus was introduced in 1815 by the polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, with the northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus) as type species. That species was originally described as Triton cristatus by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768, but Linnaeus had…
Side view of a female
The belly is yellow to orange with black, well-defined blotches.