Because of its overall large range and populations that are not severely fragmented, the alpine newt was classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List in 2009. The population trend, however, is "Decreasing", and the different geographic lineages, which may represent evolutionary significant units, have not been evaluated separately.[2] Several populations in the Balkans, some of which have been described as subspecies of their own, are highly threatened or have even gone extinct.[16][13]:133–134