- Italian Crested Newt
Taxobox
name = Italian Crested Newt
image_caption = A male Crested Newt in the Netherlands
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Caudata
familia =Salamandridae
genus = "Triturus "
species = "T. carnifex"
binomial = "Triturus carnifex"
binomial_authority = Laurenti, 1768
synonyms = The Italian Crested Newt ("Triturus carnifex") is a species ofsalamander in theSalamandridae family.It is found inAlbania ,Austria ,Bosnia and Herzegovina ,Croatia ,Czech Republic ,Germany ,Greece ,Hungary ,Italy ,Macedonia , theNetherlands ,Portugal ,Serbia and Montenegro ,Slovenia ,Switzerland , and theUnited Kingdom .Its naturalhabitat s are temperateforest s, temperateshrubland , Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation,swamp s, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwaterlake s, freshwatermarsh es, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland,plantation s , rural gardens, water storage areas,pond s, and open excavations.It is threatened byhabitat loss .References
* Arntzen, J.W., Deno�l, M., Jehle, R., Andreone, F., Anthony, B., Schmidt, B., Babik, W., Schabetsberger, R., Vogrin, M. & Puky, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59474/all Triturus carnifex] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
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