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Adult newts in the genus Triturus were found to breathe mainly via the skin but also through the lungs and the buccal cavity.Lung breathing is mainly used when there is a lack of oxygen in the water, or at high activity such as during courtship, breeding, or feeding.
The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt (Triturus cristatus) is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia. It is a large newt, with females growing up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long. Its back and sides are dark brown, while the belly is yellow to orange with dark ...
Triturus is a genus of newts comprising the crested and the marbled newts, which are found from Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea region. Their English names refer to their appearance: marbled newts have a green–black colour pattern, while the males of crested newts, which ...
Triturus (Triturus) dobrogicus dobrogicus Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2009 Triturus ( Triturus ) dobrogicus macrosoma Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2009 The Danube crested newt or Danube newt ( Triturus dobrogicus ) is a species of newt found in central and eastern Europe, along the basin of the Danube river and some of its tributaries and in the Dnieper delta.
It is similar to the northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus) except larger and more robust. In 2013, the Balkan-Anatolian crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) was separated from the southern crested newt, [2] and in 2016, the Anatolian crested newt (Triturus anatolicus) was separated from T. ivanbureschi, henceforth just the Balkan crested ...
Triturus (Triturus) karelinii arntzeni Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009 Triturus arntzeni Espregueira Themudo, Wielstra, and Arntzen, 2009 Triturus macedonicus , the Macedonian crested newt , is a newt species of the crested newt species complex in genus Triturus , found in the Western Balkan peninsula ( Bosnia-Herzegovina , Albania , North ...
The Balkan crested newt or Buresch's crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) is a newt species of the crested newt species complex in genus Triturus, found in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia. [ 3 ] It was originally described as a subspecies of the southern crested newt , " Triturus karelinii arntzeni ", in 1999, [ 4 ] and later considered a full ...
Günther Erich Freytag described the species in 1955 as Triturus vulgaris kosswigii, a subspecies of the smooth newt (now Lissotriton vulgaris). [3] After genetic data had suggested the smooth newt was a complex of distinct lineages, [7] Dubois and Raffaëlli, in 2009, recognised several subspecies, including Kosswig's smooth newt, as distinct ...