A medium-sized amphibian native to continental Europe, from northwestern France to the Carpathians of Romania and from southern Denmark south to the Alps and just north of the Mediterranean, with isolated populations in Spain, Italy and Greece and introduced populations in Great Britain and New Zealand. It measures seven to twelve centimeters, with females slightly longer than males, and has a dark grey to bright blue back contrasting with an orange belly and throat; males grow more vividly colored and develop a low dorsal crest in the breeding season. It spends most of the year on land in deciduous or coniferous forest, returning to small, cool, often forested ponds, lakes or other still water, natural or human-made, to breed.
Facts
Classification
Population Trend System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Alpine Newt (Wikidata)
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Alpine Newt (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bosnia and Herzegovina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Croatia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Liechtenstein, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Montenegro, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North Macedonia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Romania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Serbia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Slovakia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Slovenia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Alpine newt
population-trend (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Although still relatively common and classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, alpine newt populations are decreasing and have locally gone extinct.
threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
The main threats are habitat destruction, pollution and the introduction of fish such as trout into breeding sites.
human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
The alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris) is a species of newt native to continental Europe and introduced to Great Britain and New Zealand.
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
0 in) in around three months before metamorphosing into terrestrial juvenile efts, which mature into adults at around three years.
Lead section
Larvae and adults feed mainly on diverse invertebrates and themselves fall prey to dragonfly larvae, large beetles, fish, snakes, birds or mammals.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source2. Alpine Newt (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q282715 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Salamandridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Lake, Introduction
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