The exposure and toxicity of pesticides to amphibians

Amphibians and pesticides
C. SPECIES INFORMATION – SMOOTH NEWT (LISSOTRITON VULGARIS, TRITURUS VULGARIS)
EU distribution
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Information sources
Basic information on this species can be found in general field guides (e.g. Arnold and Ovenden 2002) or in online resources such as:
AmphibiaWeb http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_search_index&where-genus=Lissotriton&wherespecies=vulgaris&rel-genus=equals&rel-species=equals
Reptiles & Amphibiens de France http://www.herpfrance.com/amphibian/common_newt_lissotriton_vulgaris.php
Arkive http://www.arkive.org/common-frog/rana-temporaria/#text=All
The IUCN red list http://www.arkive.org/smooth-newt/triturus-vulgaris/#text=All
Further details on distribution can be found in the ‘Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Europe’ (Gasc et al 1997).
Map is available at: http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/caudata/trivul.pdf
Below is more detailed information on body size (length and weight), metabolic rate, diet and seasonal activity found during the course of the review.
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