Carpathian Newt

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Carpathian Newt
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Triturus
Species: T. montandoni
Binomial name
Triturus montandoni
(Boulenger, 1860)

The Carpathian Newt (Triturus montandoni) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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