Triturus cristatus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Amphibia • Subclassis: Lissamphibia • Ordo: Caudata • Subordo: Salamandroidea • Familia: Salamandridae • Genus: Triturus • Species: Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Triturus cristatus']

• English: Great crested newt, Northern Crested Newt, Great Crested Newt, crested newt
• مصرى: تريتوروس كريستاتوس
• azərbaycanca: Daraqlı triton
• беларуская: Трытон грабеньчаты
• български: Северен гребенест тритон
• brezhoneg: Gweronell gribennek
• català: Tritó crestat
• čeština: čolek velký, Čolek velký
• Cymraeg: Madfall ddŵr gribog
• dansk: Stor vandsalamander
• Deutsch: Nördlicher Kammmolch, Kammolch
• español: Tritón crestado
• eesti: Harivesilik
• فارسی: سمندرک زگیل‌دار
• suomi: Rupilisko, rupilisko, rupimanteri
• français: Triton crêté, triton crêté
• Gaeilge: Earc cíorach mór
• magyar: Közönséges tarajosgőte
• 日本語: ホクオウクシイモリ
• lietuvių: Skiauterėtasis tritonas
• norsk bokmål: Storsalamander
• Nederlands: Kamsalamander, kamsalamander
• norsk nynorsk: Storsalamander, Stor salamander
• norsk: Storsalamander, Stor salamander
• Diné bizaad: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ tsintah tsxilghááh binághahgoʼ hólóní
• polski: Traszka grzebieniasta
• português: Tritão-de-crista
• русский: Гребенчатый тритон
• Simple English: Great crested newt
• slovenčina: Mlok hrebenatý
• slovenščina: severni veliki pupek
• svenska: Större vattensalamander
• ไทย: นิวต์หงอนเหนือ, นิวต์หงอนใหญ่
• Türkçe: Pürtüklü semender
• українська: Тритон гребінчастий
• Tiếng Việt: Sa giông mào phương Bắc
• West-Vlams: Kamsalamander
• 中文: 大冠蝾螈
• 中文（中国大陆）: 北冠毛蝾螈
• 中文（简体）: 冠欧螈
• 中文（繁體）: 北冠毛蠑螈

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Triturus cristatus

• ITIS link: Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)

Distribution

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  Distribution

Adult

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  male (Germany)
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  male in water phase
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  male after breeding period
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  belly pattern can be used to identify individuals over several years, just like a fingerprint

Development

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  Breeding pond
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  Breeding pond under water environment
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  female folds a leaf and puts an egg inside and holds the fold together until it is glued tight for protection
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  Eggs of triturus cristatus folded between the leefs
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  Opened leaf with embryo in egg
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  Egg, almost hached
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  Larva shortly after hatching
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  Very young larva
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  young larva
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  mid size larva
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  Larva
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  Almost competely metamorphosized
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  male first year with small crest
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  juvenile