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Palmate Newt

Lissotriton helveticus

6,154Records since 2000
MayPeak month
96Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan64
Feb308
Mar771
Apr1,326
May1,625
Jun788
Jul347
Aug243
Sep219
Oct144
Nov53
Dec37

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,017
2Cornwall England276
3Powys Wales211
4Swansea Wales187
5Cumbria England180
6Devon England178
7Worcestershire England154
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland99
9North Yorkshire England98
10Argyll and Bute Scotland98
11Kent England86
12Pembrokeshire Wales85
13Gwynedd Wales84
14Aberdeenshire Scotland84
15Somerset England75
2,935 England1,833 Scotland1,382 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,154
Peak month
May
Counties with records
96
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lissotriton helveticus
Group
Amphibians
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,827
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Salamandridae
Genus
Lissotriton
Name with authority
Lissotriton helveticus (Razoumovsky, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q138526 · GBIF 5218410