Banded Newt

Banded Newt
Banded Newt
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Ommatotriton
Species: O. vittatus
Binomial name
Ommatotriton vittatus
Gray, 1835
Synonyms

Triturus ophzticus Berthold, 1846

The Southern Banded Newt (Ommatotriton vittatus) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Russian Federation, Syria, Turkey, and possibly Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, caves, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

This species should not be confused with the Northern Banded Newt (Ommatotriton ophryticus), which used to be considered a subspecies of O. vittatus.

References

  • Arntzen, J.W., Kuzmin, S., Papenfuss, T., Degani, G., Ugurtas, I., Disi, A., Tarkhnishvili, D., Tuniyev, B., Sparreboom, M., Anderson, S., Sadek, R., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Gasith, A., Elron, E. & Gafny, S. 2004. Triturus vittatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
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