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  • Scientific names
    • Ichthyosaura alpestris
    • Mesotriton alpestris cyreni
    • Mesotriton alpestris apuanus
    • Mesotriton alpestris
    • Mesotriton alpestris alpestris
    • Triturus alpestris
    • Triton alpestris
  • English
    • Alpine newt
  • Dutch
    • Alpenwatersalamander
  • Spanish
    • Tritón Alpino

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Recent Observations

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Photos

What

Alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris

Observer

nukular

Date

Mar 25, 2012

Place

Consdorf (Google, OSM)

Description

Found 7 males (along with some other species) while doing the spring-cleaning of a pond.

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Photos

What

Alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris

Observer

nukular

Date

Mar 25, 2012

Place

Consdorf (Google, OSM)

Description

We found 7 females (along with some other species) while doing the spring-cleaning of a pond.
On the second picture you can see them all (of course we didn't leave them in the pot for long!).

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Photos

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What

Alpine newt Mesotriton alpestris

Observer

nukular

Date

Mar 24, 2012

Place

Consdorf (Google, OSM)

Description

still on land

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Description from
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The Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris, formerly Triturus alpestris and Mesotriton alpestris) is a newt of the Salamander order Caudata (or Urodela) in the class of Amphibians.

Source: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 November 2011.