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Lissotriton

Macaluso, Loredana;Wencker, Lukardis C M;Castrovilli, Maria;Carnevale, Giorgio;Delfino, Massimo

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Lissotriton

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Lissotriton is a genus of newts native to Europe and parts of Asia Minor. As most other newts, they are aquatic as larvae and during breeding time but live in terrestrial, humid environments over the rest of the season.

Species

Smooth Newt

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderCaudata
  5. FamilySalamandridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations25,908
Observations recorded539,060

Ein männlicher Fadenmolch. Karpatenmolch (Lissotriton montandoni) Lissotriton ist eine Gattung aus der Familie der Echten Salamander mit 10 Arten. Die Arten dieser Gattung wurden lange Zeit der Gattung Triturus zugeordnet, bevor sie als eigene Gattung abgespaltet wurden.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
With media
8
Family
Salamandridae
Collections
CMN, MZLU, UF
Recorded in
Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salamandridae
Image
Teichmolch-triturus-vulgaris.jpg
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Commons category
Lissotriton
taxon name
Lissotriton
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Lissotriton
taxon common name
pupek
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • Phylogeny
  • Gallery
  • Mate selection
  • References
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Lissotriton is a genus of newts native to Europe and parts of Asia Minor. As most other newts, they are aquatic as larvae and during breeding time but live in terrestrial, humid environments over the rest of the season.

These rather small species used to be included in genus Triturus, but phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that genus as paraphyletic. In the following, the name Lissotriton, originally introduced by Thomas Bell in 1839, was reinstated for the small-bodied species related to the type species Lissotriton vulgaris (the smooth newt).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lissotriton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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