Palmate newt: illustrated description
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Palmate newts have 3 fingers on their fore limbs and 5 webbed toes on their hind limbs.
FOOD
Palmate newts mostly feed on very small crustaceans (gammarids and daphnia), and larvae.
PREDATORS
Fish are the greatest predators of newts in general, so in order to give them the best habitat, do not add fish to your pond: they’ll have a better chance to survive and thrive.
Trouts are the main predators of palmate newts.
Palmate newt: scientific classification
- Domain: biota
- Kingdom: animalia
- Phylum: chordata
- Class: amphibia
- Order: urodela
- Family: salamandridae
- Genus: lissotriton
- Species: Lissotriton helveticus
Sources:
"Guide des amphibiens d'Europe" d'A. & C. NÖLLERT / Publisher: Delachaux & Niestlé (book in French)
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