crested newt
Triturus cristatus latin

The pond is a breeding ground for the greater crested newt.

What will happen to the breeding population of the great crested newt?"

For great crested newts, mating is triggered by the spring rise in water temperature.

The site has a large population of Great Crested Newts.

Natural England objected from the start saying that insufficient measures to protect great crested newts on the site.

Northern crested newts normally live on land, but breed in ponds and pools.

Great Crested Newts also have a breeding habitat close to the route.

Great Crested Newts become sexually mature adults between two and three years of age.

The bats and the Crested Newts in the village are protected species.

The rare and protected Great Crested Newt is present in the lake.

In 2011, the rare Great Crested Newt has been found living near these ponds.

The crested newt lay for a moment then pulled himself up, spitting out gritty black earth and rubbing soil from his eyes.

The tadpoles also have noxious substances which keep fishes from eating them but not the great crested newt.

It also contains a vital habitat for Great Crested Newts.

The area is home to numerous endangered species including great crested newts, water voles and brown hares.

There are ponds with great crested newts.

This is a well established Great Crested Newt pond.

Southern crested newts are brown to gray dorsally, with darker patches scattered about.

Europe's largest population of great crested newts can be found at the Hampton Nature Reserve.

Great Crested newt, Frog and Toad breed in the ponds.

A number of rare plants and animals are able to flourish in this environment, including great crested newt and adders.

The presence of Great Crested Newt is threatened and all frog species are protected by law.

Four out of five of Britain's amphibians currently reside within the park including the smooth and great crested newt.

The area supports a large variety of wildlife, including the largest recorded population of the internationally rare great crested newt.

In August 2008 a discovery of a great crested newt colony led to a delay in the start of the project.

It is similar to the northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus) except larger and more robust.

Northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus)

Other species of interest on Salisbury Plain include the Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus.

However, quarry lakes within chalk pits provide habitat for Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus).

The great crested newt Triturus cristatus is an amphibian native to the UK but also widespread across Northern Europe.

A programme to reintroduce the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) started in 1989 and the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) already breeds in many locations.

Amphibians such as the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) have a wide distribution across the Mendips and are often found in flooded disused quarries.

Within the village is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), home to a population of Great Crested Newts (Triturus cristatus).

The northern crested newt, also known as the great crested newt or warty newt (Triturus cristatus) is a newt in the family Salamandridae, found across Europe and parts of Asia.

Apart from its importance for habitat conservation, the site also includes some small ponds, which support a breeding population of great crested newts, Triturus cristatus, and a dragonfly, the black darter, Sympetrum danae, which is rare in north-east England.