Triton Crêté (F); Kamsalamander (NL); Större Vattensalamander (S); Stor Vandsalamander (DK); Colek velký (CZ)
Distribution:
Great Britain, Western, Central and Eastern Europe north of the Alps;
in the north until Central Scandinavia and southern Finland. Usually below
1100 m.
Size:
about11-16 cm
about 12-18
cm
Metamorphosed Animals:
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Yellow to orange belly of adults usually dark spotted, in juveniles also
unspotted.
Underside of head white granulated.
Mating:
Middle of March to May.
Some animals stay in the water to autumn, a few to the next spring. Terrestrial
now and then have low rest of crest on back, black, often – almost always
in their first year – with light dorsal stripe.
