alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

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Subject:	alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)
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Triton alpestris
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Triton alpestris
New Latin name Ichthyosaura alpestris
Common name Nederlands: Alpenwatersalamander
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Triton_alpestris_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ11400131.tif

The alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a newt of the family Salamandridae. It was formerly known as Triturus alpestris and Mesotriton alpestris. Alpine newts were originally confined to Central Europe and mountainous Southern Europe, as well as having isolated populations on the northern Iberian Peninsula and in Italy.

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