Italian newt

{{Short description|Species of salamander}}

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| name = Italian newt

| image = Lissotriton italicus.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Jan Willem Arntzen, Franco Andreone, Claudia Corti, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano |date=2009 |title=Lissotriton italicus |volume=2009 |page=e.T59476A11948775 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T59476A11948775.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Lissotriton

| species = italicus

| authority = (Peracca, 1898)

| synonyms =

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The Italian newt (Lissotriton italicus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Italy. The species can be found in 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, natural land conversion and invasive species.

It was formerly known as Triturus italicus, but was relocated to the genus Lissotriton after Triturus was split.

Population

The Italian newt is more common in southern areas, and rarer in the northern parts of Italy.

References

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  • https://web.archive.org/web/20080412010752/http://www.livingunderworld.org/caudata/database/salamandridae/triturus/

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Category:Lissotriton

Category:Endemic fauna of Italy

Category:Amphibians of Europe

Category:Amphibians described in 1898

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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