Common name: the Smooth Newt
Conservation status: Least Concerned
Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Introduced to: Australia
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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