northern crested newt
great crested newt
warty newt
triturus cristatus latin

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

Since the 1940s, populations of northern crested newts have declined in most of Europe due to loss of habitat.

Newt fencing may also be used to create a receptor site or 'newt-safe' area to where northern crested newts can be translocated, from an area where they are under threat.

Within the UK, guidance on development in relation to northern crested newts can be found within Natural England's Great Crested Newt Mitigation Guidelines which should be followed by developers.

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

The site has a large population of Great Crested Newts.

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

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

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

There are ponds with great crested newts.

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.

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

Two of the garden ponds Great Crested Newts.

Ponds have London's largest population of protected Great Crested Newts.

English Nature 'Great crested newts on your farm' Advice Leaflet.

It is, however, illegal to handle or disturb Great crested newts in the UK without a licence.

Indeed, some of the UK's scarcest species are residents, from stag beetles to great crested newts.

A community restoration project to improve a Great Crested Newts habitat and upstream flood storage.

As a Site of Special Scientific Interest, it is a nationally important site for great crested newts.

Hampton Nature Reserve is a 300 acre site that is home to the largest population of great crested newts in Europe.

Some of the surrounding pools are also the home of the largest population of great crested newts in the West Midlands.

To survey certain protected species - such as bats and great crested newts - the ecologist will also need a survey licence from Natural England.

Newt fencing is a barrier designed to control the movement of Great Crested Newts, other amphibians or reptiles.

It was expected to open in September 2010, although this was delayed due to the discovery of Great Crested Newts on the school site.

Great crested newts are reported to be established in the lake and hares, rabbits, foxes, bats and owls are present.

It contains an orchard, a wildflower meadow and various wetland habitiats for Great Crested Newts.

There is a site of special scientific interest in the village with a colony of the great crested newts and an outcrop of Jurassic limestone.

Adders, slow worms, common lizards, common toads, common frogs, great crested newts and grass snakes are all in decline.

Paramesotriton, or (Asian) warty newts, is a genus of salamanders in the Salamandridae family.

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).

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.