Common name: the Greek Smooth Newt
Conservation status: Least Concerned
Distribution: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro
Size: up to 100 mm
Description: upperside is olive green or pale brown with dark spots; dark longitudinal stripe passes along the eye; belly is orange and throat is pale, both with round dark spots; during the breeding season male has a crest that runs from the head to the end of the tail
Habitat: woodland habitats; the species breeds in still and slow moving shallow waters
Activity: nocturnal
Diet: various invertebrates
Reproduction: the clutch consists of about 60-300 eggs, which are deposited on leaves of aquatic plants
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- Corfu, Greece
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