Triturus cristatus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 105 meters (344 feet).[1]

Ecology: It can be found in coniferous , mixed and deciduous forests (composed of pine, birch, oak, alder etc. ), their glades and edges , in forest steppe , bush lands , pastures, meadows, parks and gardens. Reproduction in permanent stagnant and in semi-flowing waters such as ponds , rarely lakes , flooded quarries, irrigation channels and ditches. The usage of small ponds is typical across the range . It can be found in modified habitat types , but this species is not considered to be very adaptable. [2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.1     Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)   
  
•     15.2     Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)   
  
•     15.5     Artificial/Aquatic - Excavations (open)   
  
•     16     Introduced vegetation   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Turanomolge mensbieri

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Laurenti, J. N. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp., 1768.

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Triturus cristatus formerly was considered to include four subspecies : T. cristatus cristatus; T. cristatus dobrogicus; T. cristatus karelinii; and T. cristatus carnifex. These are now recognized as separate species of the Triturus cristatus superspecies , and the specific name Triturus cristatus (sensu stricto ) is attributed to the former nominative subspecies. The exact ranges of members of the Triturus cristatus superspecies are unclear in the central Balkans because of narrow or extensive areas of hybridization.[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Triturus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. alpestris (Alpine Newt) · T. boscai (Bosca's Newt) · T. carnifex (Alpine Crested Newt) · T. cristatus (Great Crested Newt) · T. cristatus cristatus (Great Crested Newt) · T. dobrogicus (Danube Newt) · T. helveticus (Palmate Newt) · T. italicus (Italian Newt) · T. karelinii (Balkan Newt) · T. marmoratus (Marbled Newt) · T. montandoni (Carpathian Newt) · T. pygmaeus (Southern Marbled Newt) · T. viridescens viridescens (Yellow Bellied Lizard) · T. vittatus (Banded Newt) · T. vittatus ophryticus (Caucasian Banded Newt) · T. vulgaris (Common Newt) · T. vulgaris lantzi (Lantz's Newt) · T. vulgaris vulgaris (Common Newt)

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Further Reading

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• Analysis of development, edited by Benjamin H. Willier, Paul A. Weiss [and] Viktor Hamburger. Philadelphia, Saunders, 1955. url p. 133, p. 145, p. 263, p. 268, p. 446.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 8 1999 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url fig. 5, page 34, fig. 6, page 35, p. 37.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 151, p. 210.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 447, p. 447, p. 453, p. 453.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 101, p. 107, p. 110.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 102, p. 11.
• Control of ovulation; proceedings of the conference held at Endicott House, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1960. Edited by Claude A. Villee. New York, Symposium Publications Division, Pergamon Press, 1961. url p. 66.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 266, p. 781.
• Effects of highways on wildlife and fish with special reference to Montana a ProCite literature collection / Bozeman, Mont.: Fish and Wildlife Management Program, Montana State University, 2001 url .
• Experimental embryology, a manual of techniques and procedures. Minneapolis, Burgess Pub. Co.[1948] url p. 359.
• Experimental embryology; techniques and procedures. Minneapolis, Burgess Pub. Co.[1962] url p. 123, p. 291.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 691.
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• General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 10, p. 10, p. 101, p. 104, p. 107, p. 107, p. 108, p. 109, p. 11, p. 11, p. 11, p. 11, p. 110, p. 118, p. 119, p. 12, p. 12, p. 12, p. 12, p. 12, p. 125, p. 126, p. 129, p. 13, p. 135, p. 14, p. 152, p. 157, p. 158, p. 159, p. 165, p. 167, p. 174, p. 175, p. 20, p. 200, p. 221, p. 224, p. 226, p. 25, p. 25, p. 258, p. 26, p. 26, p. 27, p. 29, p. 30, p. 30, p. 35, p. 36, p. 37, p. 39, p. 39, p. 41, p. 45, p. 47, p. 51, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 60, p. 63, p. 63, p. 68, p. 69, p. 69, p. 69, p. 70, p. 71, p. 72, p. 72, p. 72, p. 75, p. 76, p. 78, p. 78, p. 84, p. 85, p. 85, p. 89, p. 9, p. 9, p. 91, p. 92, p. 94, p. 98, p. 98, p. 99.
• Nervous inhibition, proceedings. Edited by Ernst Florey. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1961. url p. 42, p. 475.
• Physiological genetics, by Richard Goldschmidt. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company inc., 1938. url p. 268.
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• Sex and internal secretions. Contributors: A. Albert [and others] Foreword by George W. Corner. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1961. url p. 1605.
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Notes

Contributors

• Arntzen, J.W. et al. (see rationale for full list of assessors) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Arntzen, J.W. et al. 2004. Triturus cristatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jan Willem Arntzen, Sergius Kuzmin, Robert Jehle, Trevor Beebee, David Tarkhnishvili, Vladimir Ishchenko, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov, Boris Tuniyev, Mathieu Denoël, Per Nyström, Brandon Anthony, Benedikt Schmidt, Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk 2009. Triturus cristatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Poland
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: National System of Proetcted Areas
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• NLBIF: Limnodata
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Den store paddejagt ("The great amphibian survey")
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Priest Pot species list, Cumbria, Britain
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: The Danish Newt Collection
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Biological Records Centre - Reptiles and Amphibians Dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre - SW Pilot Project BAP Species Inventory 2002
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - All Wales amphibian SAC monitoring data
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Dorset Environmental Records Centre - Dorset SW Pilot species dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Fish and Herptiles dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network: The Herpetological Conservation Trust - The HCT Rare Species Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Wiltshire BAP Priority Species Distribution Records
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31134
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668401
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4706086
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668401
• IUCN ID: 247278
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12320

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 101.640 based on 5,096 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Jan Willem Arntzen, Sergius Kuzmin, Robert Jehle, Trevor Beebee, David Tarkhnishvili, Vladimir Ishchenko, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov, Boris Tuniyev, Mathieu Denoël, Per Nyström, Brandon Anthony, Benedikt Schmidt, Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk 2009. Triturus cristatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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