Strauch's Spotted Newt | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Caudata |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Neurergus |
Species: | N. strauchii |
Binomial name | |
Neurergus strauchii Steindachner, 1887 |
Strauch's Spotted Newt (Neurergus strauchii) is a species of salamander, more specifically a newt, in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in Turkey. Its natural habitat is in streams or small rivers, and the nearby forest or shrublands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
They eat earthworms, crickets, daphnia, blackworms, whiteworms, fly larvae & small waxworms.