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Alpine newt

Ichthyosaura alpestris
True salamanders (Salamandridae)

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Small newt with a dark blue back, orange belly, speckled flanks and a tail crest.

In mating season the ♂ becomes bright blue with a full crest. The back of the ♀ turns a marbled blue-grey. Lives in the water in mating season to return to land afterwards. The colours fade and the skin dries. It winters in the mud. 

⇔ l. 9-12 cm of which almost half is tail.

syn. TRITURUS ALPESTRIS, MESOTRITON ALPESTRIS

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