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Basic information
Triturus carnifex
Alpine Crested Newt
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyTrue salamanders and newts
GenusCrested newts
- Czech name
- Čolek dravý
- English name
- Alpine Crested Newt
- Alternative names
- Alpine Warty Newt, Italian Crested Newt, Italian Warty Newt, Vienna Newt
- Synonyms
- Gecko carnifex, Petraponia nigra, Salamandra carnifex, Salamandra platycauda, Triton carnifex, Triton cristatus carnifex, Triton nycthemerus, Triturus cristatus carnifex, Triturus cristatus platycauda
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 150 mm
- Body mass
- max 18.4 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 11 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods, Vertebrates
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–5 years
- Clutch size
- 400–400 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6554 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 595F2 · COL26.9