Species Lissotriton vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lacerta vulgaris Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [206].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown
  Comment: Type species not stated or known to exist. Type locality: "Europa"; restricted to "Schweden" by Mertens and Müller, 1928.

  Type locality references:

  Mertens, R. & Müller, L. 1928. Liste der Amphibien und Reptilien Europas. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41: 1-62 [13].
• Lacerta palustris Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [201].

 

Generic Combinations

• Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  García-Paris, M., Montori, A. & Herrero, P. 2004. Fauna Iberica: Amphibia Lissamphibia. Madrid : Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC Vol. 24 pp. 640. [50]
• Lissotriton (Lissotriton) vulgaris vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Dubois, A. & Raffaëlli, J. 2009. A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela). Alytes 26(1-4): 1-85 [66]
• Triton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Fleming, J. 1828. A History of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh (London) : Bell & Bradfute (and James Duncan) xxiii, 565 pp. [85]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Adults and larva found near Melbourne, VIC; historical introduction via pet trade, currently prohibited

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Smart, A.S., Tingley, R., Weeks, A.R., van Rooyen, A.R. & McCarthy, M.A. 2015. Environmental DNA sampling is more sensitive than a traditional survey technique for detecting an aquatic invader. Ecological Applications 25(7): 1944-1952

Tingley, R., Weeks, A.R., Smart, A.S., van Rooyen, A.R., Woolnough, A.P. & McCarthy, M.A. 2015. European newts establish in Australia, marking the arrival of a new amphibian order. Biological Invasions 17: 31-37

 

Common Name References

Arnold, E. N. 2002. Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe. Princeton and Oxford : Princeton University Press 2, pp. 384. [46] (Common Newt)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	AMPHIBIA	15-Nov-2022	ADDED