Triturus vulgaris

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 989 meters (0 to 3,245 feet).[1]

Ecology: It is generally associated with woodland habitats , including deciduous, coniferous , mixed forests and dry forests and woodlands. This is an adaptable species also present in meadows, bushlands, parks, fruit gardens, many damp habitats and rural and urban areas. The species breeds in still and slow moving shallow waters and irrigation ditches; females lay 200-300 eggs . It is often recorded from modified habitats.


List of Habitats: 1.1 Forest - Boreal 1.2 Forest - Subarctic 1.4 Forest - Temperate 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 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) 5.6 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent 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) 5.13 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Inland Deltas 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas 15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha) 15.3 Artificial/Aquatic - Aquaculture Ponds 15.5 Artificial/Aquatic - Excavations (open) 15.7 Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels) 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches 16 Introduced vegetation

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005

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

• A biology of Crustacea. Chicago, Quadrangle Books[1961] url p. 114, p. 179.
• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 303, p. 369.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 103, p. 106, p. 110, p. 113, p. 115, p. 118, p. 96.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 5 1993 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url p. 164, fig. 6, page 35, p. 37, p. 51.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 151, p. 210.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 201, p. 386, p. 483.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 182, p. 183.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 452, p. 452.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 107.
• Cytological technique; the principles underlying routine methods. London, Methuen;[1960] url p. 4.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 266, p. 781.
• Fertilization in fishes and the problem of polyspermy = Oplodotvorenie u ryb i problema polispermii / by A.S. Ginzburg; edited by T.A. Detlaf. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1972. url p. 228.
• General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 10, p. 10, p. 10, p. 10, p. 103, p. 104, p. 105, p. 105, p. 106, p. 107, p. 11, p. 11, p. 110, p. 113, p. 114, p. 12, p. 12, p. 120, p. 125, p. 129, p. 13, p. 159, p. 167, p. 17, p. 174, p. 18, p. 18, p. 19, p. 199, p. 200, p. 224, p. 258, p. 27, p. 32, p. 34, p. 34, p. 38, p. 39, p. 41, p. 42, p. 50, p. 52, p. 53, p. 57, p. 59, p. 61, p. 62, p. 64, p. 65, p. 69, p. 70, p. 71, p. 72, p. 72, p. 78, p. 8, p. 82, p. 9, p. 9, p. 9, p. 9, p. 95, p. 96, p. 97, p. 99.
• Optimality, constraints, and hierarchies in the analysis of foraging strategies / 1983. url .
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url p. 32, p. 66.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 27.
• Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 29, p. 47.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 103, p. 106, p. 113, p. 114, p. 115, p. 90.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 658.
• Spixiana. 6 1983 München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url issue no. 3 contents , j.j. schmidtler & j.f. schmidtler , kalezic, dzukic & tvrtkovic , vol. 6 contents , fig. 1, figs. 2-3, p. 229, p. 230, p. 234, p. 238, p. 240, p. 246, p. 249, p. 292, p. 315, p. 316, p. 323, p. 325, p. 327, p. 329, p. 335, p. 336, p. 337, p. 338, fig. 4, fig. 5, p. 96.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 104.
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• The life of vertebrates. New York, Oxford University Press, 1962. url p. 365.
• The physiology and pharmacology of the pituitary body / by H.B. Van Dyke. Chicago, Ill.: The University of Chicago Press, [1936]-1939. url p. 340, p. 51.
• Transactions. Columbus, Ohio [etc.] url p. 263.
• Vertebrate life / Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1996. url p. 330.
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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.
• 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 February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Bialowieza National Park: Amphibian observations from Nida Valley
• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Poland
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: National System of Proetcted Areas
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• 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: Countryside Council for Wales - All Wales amphibian SAC monitoring data
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Fish and Herptiles dataset
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• UK National Biodiversity Network: The Herpetological Conservation Trust - The HCT Rare Species Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre - Amphibian Records for Wiltshire 1900 - 2003

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 31142
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668410
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13542026
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668410
• IUCN ID: 59481
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666729

Footnotes

1. Mean = 94.550 meters (310.203 feet), Standard Deviation = 97.960 based on 5,427 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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