Pygmy Marbled Newt
Triturus pygmaeus
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 738
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The southern marbled newt or pygmy marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. Previously thought to be a subspecies of the marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus), it was raised to species level after genetic studies revealed its distinctiveness from the former.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Southern marbled newt”.