Italian newt
| Italian newt | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Lissotriton |
| Species: | L. italicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissotriton italicus (Peracca, 1898) | |
The Italian newt (Lissotriton italicus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found only in Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly known as Triturus italicus, but was relocated to the Lissotriton genus after Triturus was split.
Population
The Italian newt is more common in southern areas, and rarer in the northern parts of Italy.
References
- Arntzen, J.W. & Andreone, F. 2004. Triturus italicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- http://www.livingunderworld.org/caudata/database/salamandridae/triturus/
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/59476/0
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