Carpathian newt

Carpathian newt
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

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.

  1. ^ Jan Willem Arntzen; Sergius Kuzmin; Natalia Ananjeva; Nikolai Orlov; Boris Tuniyev; Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk; Maria Ogielska; Wiesiek Babik & Dan Cogalniceanu (2016) [errata version of 2009 assessment]. "Lissotriton montandoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T59478A86641973. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T59478A11929327.en. Retrieved 18 November 2022.