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Smooth Newt

Lissotriton vulgaris

14,467Records since 2000
MayPeak month
114Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan125
Feb550
Mar1,494
Apr3,484
May4,121
Jun1,630
Jul646
Aug475
Sep430
Oct383
Nov127
Dec94

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England600
2Worcestershire England466
3Northamptonshire England462
4Oxfordshire England449
5Norfolk England414
6Kent England404
7Nottinghamshire England384
8Essex England372
9Suffolk England292
10Telford and Wrekin England282
11North Yorkshire England198
12Sefton England196
13Cheshire East England179
14Surrey England169
15Leeds England165
13,364 England258 Scotland619 Wales200 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
14,467
Peak month
May
Counties with records
114
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lissotriton vulgaris
Group
Amphibians
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,848
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, 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 vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q215247 · GBIF 5218405