Fauna of Scotland
Only six amphibians and four land reptiles are native to Scotland. The amphibians include three species of newt: the great crested, of which fewer than 1,000 individuals survive; the smooth, and the palmate. The other amphibians are the common toad, the natterjack toad, found in only four locations in the south-west, and the common frog. A single alien amphibian is known in Scotland, the Alpine newt, a recent escapee confined to the Edinburgh area.
Albinism
In European Salamandridae, albinism has been recorded in the fire salamander ("Salamandra salamandra"), gold-striped salamander ("Chioglossa lusitanica"), Italian crested newt ("Triturus carnifex"), marbled newt ("Triturus marmoratus"), Iberian ribbed newt ("Pleurodeles waltl"), alpine newt ("Ichthyosaura alpestris") and two sub-species of the smooth newt ("Lissotriton vulgaris vulgaris" and "Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis").