Salamandridae Lyciasalamandra luschani Pleurodeles waltl
Mesotriton alpestris (Laurenti, 1768)
Alpine Newt, Laurenti's Alpine Newt
= Triturus alpestris (Laurenti, 1768)
= Ichthyosaura alpestris (Laurenti, 1768)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839), Monti della Laga (Rieti), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839), Monti della Laga (Rieti), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Carlo Morelli)

Adult (male) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839)
(Photo by Carlo Morelli, Forum Natura Mediterraneo)
M. alpestris (© Carlo Morelli)

Adult (female) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839)
(Photo by Carlo Morelli, Forum Natura Mediterraneo)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male neotenic) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839), Monti della Laga (Rieti), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male neotenic) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839), Monti della Laga (Rieti), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (female neotenic) ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839), Monti della Laga (Rieti), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male) ssp. alpestris (Laurenti, 1768), Jura, France
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (female) ssp. alpestris (Laurenti, 1768), Jura, France
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Horia Bogdan)

Adult (male), Magura Codrului region, Satu-Mare county, Romania
(Photo by Horia Bogdan, Herpetological Club of Oradea web site)
M. alpestris (© Horia Bogdan)

Adult (male), Magura Codrului region, Satu-Mare county, Romania
(Photo by Horia Bogdan, Herpetological Club of Oradea web site)
M. alpestris (© Radek Sejkora)

Adult (male) ssp. cyreni (Wolterstorff, 1932), Picos de Europa 1900m, Prov. de Cantabria, Spain
(Photo by Radek Sejkora)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva just after hatching ssp. alpestris (Laurenti, 1768), Jura, France
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva ssp. apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839), Monti della Laga (Rieti), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva ssp. alpestris (Laurenti, 1768), Unknown locality, Alps, Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. alpestris (© Paolo Mazzei)

Young ssp. alpestris (Laurenti, 1768), Jura, France
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Distribution:
Western Ukraine to southern Denmark, northern and eastern France, Belgium, Netherlands, northern Italy, and central Greece; isolated populations in northwestern Spain
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