Smooth newt
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| Smooth Newt | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Salamandridae |
| Genus: | Lissotriton |
| Species: | L. vulgaris |
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| Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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L. vulgaris ampelensis |
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Triturus vulgaris |
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The Smooth Newt is a species of newts. They are also known as the Common Newt. It is the most common newt species of the Lissotriton genus of amphibians. They live in Europe, southern France and the Iberian peninsula.[1]
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