The southern crested newt (Triturus karelinii) is a terrestrial European newt. 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 newt.[3]
Southern crested newts are brown to gray dorsally, with darker patches scattered about. Their bellies and throats are orange, with small black dots. They grow up to 7.1 in (18 cm).[4] Males have a large jagged crest from behind their necks down to their tails.
The southern crested newt lives in a variety of mountain habitats, including both broadleaf and coniferous forests, slopes, and plateaus.[4]
Lifecycleedit
Sexual maturity is reached at three to four years old. During the breeding season, they are found in most sources of water, such as swamps, lakes, stagnant ponds, ditches and temporary pools, and streams.[4] Males usually live to about eight, and females to 11 years old.[5]
Referencesedit
^Jan Willem Arntzen; Theodore Papenfuss; Sergius Kuzmin; David Tarkhnishvili; Vladimir Ishchenko; Boris Tuniyev; Max Sparreboom; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani; Ismail H. Ugurtas; Steven Anderson; Wiesiek Babik; Claude Miaud; Jelka Crnobrnja Isailovic (2009). "Triturus karelinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T39420A10235366. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ abWielstra, B.; Litvinchuk, S. N.; Naumov, B.; Tzankov, N.; Arntzen, J. W. (2013). "A revised taxonomy of crested newts in the Triturus karelinii group (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae), with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3682 (3): 441–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3682.3.5. hdl:1887/3281008. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25243299.
^ abWielstra, B.; Arntzen, J.W. (2016). "Description of a new species of crested newt, previously subsumed in Triturus ivanbureschi (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae)". Zootaxa. 4109 (1): 73–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394852.
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