Carpathian Newt

Carpathian Newt
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Lissotriton
Species:	L. montandoni
Binomial name
Lissotriton montandoni (Boulenger, 1860)
Synonyms
Triton montandoni Boulenger, 1880 Molge montandonii — Boulenger, 1882 Triton montandoni — Wolterstorff, 1912 Diemictylus montandoni — Fowler & Dunn, 1917 Triturus montandoni — Dunn, 1918 Triturus (Palaeotriton) montandoni — Bolkay, 1927 Triton hoffmanni Szeliga-Mierzeyewksi & Ulasiewicz, 1931 Triturus montandoni — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935 Triturus (Palaeotriton) montandoni — MacGregor, Sessions & Arntzen, 1990 Lissotriton montandoni — García-París, Montori & Herrero, 2004 Lophinus montandoni — Litvinchuk, Zuiderwijk, Borkin & Rosanov, 2005

The Carpathian Newt (Lissotriton montandoni) is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Arntzen, J.W., Kuzmin, S., Ananjeva, N., Orlov, N., Tuniyev, B., Ogrodowczyk, A., Ogielska, M., Babik, W. & Cogalniceanu, D. 2004. Lissotriton montandoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 March 2009.