Carpathian Newt
Carpathian Newt |
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Conservation status |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Amphibia |
Order: |
Caudata |
Family: |
Salamandridae |
Genus: |
Lissotriton |
Species: |
L. montandoni |
Binomial name |
Lissotriton montandoni
(Boulenger, 1860) |
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Synonyms |
- Triton montandoni Boulenger, 1880
- Molge montandonii — Boulenger, 1882
- Triton montandoni — Wolterstorff, 1912
- Diemictylus montandoni — Fowler & Dunn, 1917
- Triturus montandoni — Dunn, 1918
- Triturus (Palaeotriton) montandoni — Bolkay, 1927
- Triton hoffmanni Szeliga-Mierzeyewksi & Ulasiewicz, 1931
- Triturus montandoni — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935
- Triturus (Palaeotriton) montandoni — MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990
- Lissotriton montandoni — García-París, Montori & Herrero, 2004
- Lophinus montandoni — Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin & Rosanov, 2005
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The Carpathian Newt (Lissotriton montandoni) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Czech Republic, 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.
References
- Arntzen, J.W., Kuzmin, S., Ananjeva, N., Orlov, N., Tuniyev, B., Ogrodowczyk, A., Ogielska, M., Babik, W. & Cogalniceanu, D. 2004. Lissotriton montandoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 March 2009.