alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) Title: Merveilles de la nature : l'homme et les animaux, description populaire des races humaines et des règne animal
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Alfred Edmund Brehm, 1829-1884 Jules Künckel d'Herculais, 1843- , tr Sauvage, H. E. (Henri Emile Sauvage), 1842-1917, tr Gerbe, Z , ed. and tr
Subjects: Ethnology Zoology Animal behavior
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The alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a newt of the family Salamandridae. It was formerly known as Triturus alpestris and Mesotriton alpestris. Alpine newts were originally confined to Central Europe and mountainous Southern Europe, as well as having isolated populations on the northern Iberian Peninsula and in Italy.