Carpathian newt

The Carpathian newt, or Montandon’s newt, (Lissotriton montandoni) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Carpathian newt
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Lissotriton
Species:
L. montandoni
Binomial name
Lissotriton montandoni
(Boulenger, 1860)
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

The total length of adults of this species is around 10 cm. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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