#Alpine newt

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An Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in Italy

by Vittorio Ricci

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Day 31 of posting cute creatures we found on our field trip:

Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a small species of newt that lives in cold mountainous lakes and streams. It’s recognizable by the bright orange belly and lots of spots on its lips and legs. This one is a female - males have a crest on the tail. It can’t survive for long outside of water, so we took a quick pic and put it back in its lovely little puddle.

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Amphibiuary Day 29: Leap

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Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria

edit: she's a lady

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Patiently waiting for her/his turn to cross the road

(Ichthyosaura alpestris)

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Pride newt

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Look at this little guy I saw today! :)) I'm not an expert, but I think it was an Alpine newt/Bergmolch. I didn't turn him around because I didn't want to stress him, but getting a good look at his belly would certainly have helped. It seemed to be a faint yellow/orange, though.

He sat in literally THE WORST spot of the bike lane, practically asking to be run over, so I picked him up and set him down a few metres away at a deserted looking garden where he crawled under a leaf. :)

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Someone was not happy about getting their picture taken!

This was only one of at least 15 newts that I saw while on a while on a walk through the botanical gardens, some were smooth newts still in their terrestrial colours (brown with darker spots) and these are the beautiful alpine newts. You can differentiate them by their spotless, bright orange bellies.

Did you know in their terrestrial juvenile stage they are called 'efts'?

Ichthyosaura alpestris

02/2024, Germany

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been enjoying knitting a lot lately and decided to *finally* commit to making some designs for a zine i've dreamt about making for a while. i'm rlly excited to see how i will grow alongside my art with this project~

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newt

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Meet Europe's own firebelly

The alpine newt, Ichthyosaura alpestris, is a pretty, colorful European newt, bearing a vibrant red underside. This trait indicates its true phylogenetic relationships, close to Asian fire bellied newts, such as the genus Cynops. I. alpestris is taxonomically subdivided, and may be interpreted as representing a species complex. They reach lengths of up to 12 cm, or under 5 inches, and the females, are around a centimeter, or 1/2 of an inch, longer than the males. These newts are native to continental Europe, but never reached Great Britain or Ireland after the last glacial maximum. Feral populations have now been established in locations outside of their natural range, including Great Britain and Australasia. Within mainland Europe, it is not always obvious, which I. alpestris populations, are indigenous.

I. alpestris prefers vegetated freshwaters, with a pH of 7.5 to 9, amid woodland or forest settings. It can be maintained in a fully aquatic setup, with no access to a land area, although they do have a terrestrial phase, which some wild populations skip. An advantage to keeping them permanently in an aquarium, is greater ease of feeding. Should a terrestrial phase be encouraged, the vivarium should be of a woodland type, with leaf litter, wood, live plants, and a soil substrate. Their natural prey are insects, and other small arthropods. In the aquarium, they will eat defrosted and dried foods of a suitable composition. Neither the air or land temperture should ever exceed 28 degrees centigrade, for any period of time. A much lower temperture, in the range of 14 to 21 degrees, is optimal for their care. These temperate newts will hibernate, at tempertures below 7 degrees.

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Male alpine newt - Ichthyosaura alpestris by Pieter-Jan Alles Via Flickr: Viskot, Linter

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Super late but anyways yayy Good Omens season 3 !! Have my GO x PR Newmann au.

Okay goodnight

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Another batch for Amphibiuary!

Day 5: Dessert

Day 6: Orange

Day 7: Ancient

Day 8: Draw

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Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria

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These little fellows are on the move in the night - saw so many during my later-than-usual commute

(Ichthyosaura alpestris)