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<p> <em>Lissotriton boscai </em>(Lataste, 1879)</p>

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  • Bosca's newt

  • Lissotriton boscai (Lataste, 1879)

  • Salamandridae

  • The Bosca's newt is an amphibian with small prominent eyes, round body, slender limbs and a flat sided tail. It presents a brown, green or yellow colouration with dark spots on its back and an orange belly. It can measure up to 9 cm long.

  • Peneda-Gerês National Park

    Serra da Estrela Nature Park

    Serra de S. Mamede Nature Park

    Paul de Arzila Nature Reserve

    Paul do Boquilobo Nature Reserve

    Albufeira do Azibo Protected Landscape

    Lagoas de Bertiandos e S. Pedro de Arcos Protected Landscape

  • Norte

    Centro

    Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

    Alentejo

  • Least Concern

  • Iberian Peninsula

  • The Bosca's newt exists in a large variety of habitats, such as meadows, woods and agricultural areas, using several water masses, such as rivers with aquatic vegetation and weak current, ponds, lagoons, tanks and reservoirs. 

  • Spring

  • Bosca's newt feeds on small aquatic invertebrates, in its larval stage, and on worms and slugs on its terrestrial adult stage.

  • There is no estimate for the Portuguese population of this species.