Lissotriton vulgaris ...

• Main Author: Elmberg, Johan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Amphibia; Caudata; Salamandridae; Lissotriton; Lissotriton vulgaris; North Sweden
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8030407; https://zenodo.org/record/8030407

Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris (Linneaus 1758) Distribution (Figure 2). Included records from Artportalen : all reports (N=670), as there is no confusion species except the much rarer Triturus cristatus . Widely distributed in the Southern Boreal; in a regular sampling grid covering the entire provinces of Gästrikland and Hälsingland, Sterner (2005) found the species in 42% of 111 squares in which randomly selected wetlands (<1 hectare, presumed free from predatory fish) were investigated. In both these provinces there is a pattern of more widespread occurrence in coastal areas than farther inland. In a similar randomized survey of Medelpad and southern Ångermanland, Olofsson et al. (2008) recorded the species in 23% of 155 randomly selected small wetlands. In the southern Middle Boreal this species is seemingly more patchily distributed, especially in the northern parts of the range. There are only two known extant occurrences in the Northern Boreal: Akkan and Abborrberg (4 kms apart in Stensele ... : Published as part of Elmberg, Johan, 2023, Amphibians and reptiles in North Sweden: distribution, habitat affinities, and abundance (Classes: Amphibia and Reptilia), pp. 301-335 in Zootaxa 5301 (3) on pages 306-308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8030434 ...