Smooth Newts
Lissotriton
Lissotriton is a genus of newts native to Europe and parts of Asia Minor. As most other newts, they are aquatic as larvae and during breeding time but live in terrestrial, humid environments over the rest of the season.
These rather small species used to be included in genus Triturus, but phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that genus as paraphyletic. In the following, the name Lissotriton, originally introduced by Thomas Bell in 1839, was reinstated for the small-bodied species related to the type species Lissotriton vulgaris (the smooth newt).
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Smooth Newt
speciesLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate Newt
speciesLissotriton helveticus
Bosca's newt
speciesLissotriton boscai
Italian newt
speciesLissotriton italicus
Carpathian Newt
speciesLissotriton montandoni
Portuguese Smooth Newt
speciesLissotriton maltzani
Greek Newt
speciesLissotriton graecus
Caucasian Smooth Newt
speciesLissotriton lantzi
Turkish Smooth Newt
speciesLissotriton schmidtleri
Kosswig's newt
speciesLissotriton kosswigi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64375.