Monthly Archives: October 2021

The distinct marbled and crested newts still exchange genes

In a big chunk of France, the crested newt Triturus cristatus and the marbled newt T. marmoratus live alongside one another. Sometimes things get frisky: about one in 25 adult Triturus newts here is a first generation (F1) hybrid between … Continue reading

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Koi crested newt

This spring we conducted fieldwork in the Dutch dune area Meijendel, close to Leiden. One of our target species was the northern crested newt (Triturus cristatus). There is a crested newt population in Meijendel that is completely isolated from the … Continue reading

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