Bosca's Newt

Taxobox
name = Bosca's Newt

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status = LC
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Salamandridae
genus = "Triturus"
species = "T. boscai"
binomial = "Triturus boscai"
binomial_authority = Lataste, 1879
synonyms = *"Lissotriton boscai"
García-París, et al, 2004
* "Lophinus boscai"
Litvinchuk, et al, 2005The Bosca's newt, Iberian newt, or Tritón Ibérico ("Triturus boscai") is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain.

Distribution and habitat

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, and introduced vegetation.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Notes

* Arntzen, J.W., Beja, P., Jehle, R., Bosch, J., Tejedo, M., Lizana, M., Mart�nez-Solano, I., Salvador, A., Garc�a-Par�s, M., Recuero Gil, E., Sa-Sousa, P. & Marquez, R. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59473/all Triturus boscai] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.

External links

* [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?rel-genus=like&rel-species=like&rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_humans=like&rel-comments=like&rel-submittedby=like&query_src=aw_search_index&max=200&orderbyaw=Family&where-genus=&where-species=boscai&where-common_name=&where-family=any&where-ordr=any&where-isocc=&rel-species_account=matchboolean&where-species_account=&rel-declinecauses=equals&where-declinecauses=any&rel-iucn=equals&where-iucn=&rel-cites=equals&where-cites=&where-submittedby= Lissotriton boscai] at Amphibiaweb