What is Smooth newt?
{{Taxobox | name = Smooth Newt | image = Lissotriton_vulgaris_9630.JPG | image_width = 250px | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Caudata]] | familia = [[Salamandridae]] | genus = ''[[Lissotriton]]'' | species = '''''L. vulgaris''''' | binomial = ''Lissotriton vulgaris'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = ''L. vulgaris ampelensis''<br> ''L. vulgaris graecus''<br> ''L. vulgaris kosswigi''<br> ''L. vulgaris lantzi''<br> ''L. vulgaris meridionalis''<br> ''L. vulgaris schmidtlerorum''<br> ''L. vulgaris vulgaris'' | synonyms = ''Triturus vulgaris'' }} The '''Smooth Newt''' is a [[species]] of [[newt]]s. They are also known as the '''Common Newt'''. It is the most common newt species of the ''[[Lissotriton]]'' [[genus]] of [[amphibian]]s. They live in [[Europe]], southern [[France]] and the [[Iberian peninsula]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/479.shtml |title=BBC: Nature: Smooth Newt |access-date=2012-07-24 |archive-date=2012-05-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524210208/www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/479.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{commons cat-inline|Triturus vulgaris}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Newts]] [[Category:Animals of Europe]]