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Great Crested Newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus), Gartcosh. They are a European protected species and you need a licence from Nature.Scot to disturb or photograph them.
03 April 2013
Great crested newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), Gartcosh. They are a European protected species and you need a licence from Nature.Scot to disturb or photograph them. The photographer was accompanied by someone with such a licence.
03 April 2013
Smooth newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), Gartcosh Local Nature Reserve, North Lanarkshire. Taken during a newt identification course with Froglife in 2013. The underside of a newt is often key to the identification of the species, the spots on the throat being indicative of a Smooth newt.
03 April 2013
Newt eft, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Newt eft sp. (juvenile newt with external gills), Gartcosh Local nature Reserve. Taken during an identification course with Froglife.
03 April 2013
Smooth newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), Gartcosh Local Nature Reserve, North Lanarkshire. Taken during a newt identification course with Froglife in 2013.
03 April 2013
Smooth newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), Gartcosh Local Nature Reserve, North Lanarkshire. Taken during a newt identification course with Froglife in 2013.
03 April 2013
Great crested newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), Gartcosh. They are a European protected species and you need a licence from Nature.Scot to disturb or photograph them, as on a newt identification course the photographer attended where the instructors were licensed to handle Great crested newts. This is a male and is during the breeding season, as it has a crest.
03 April 2013
Newt pitfall traps and drift fence
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Lanarkshire
Pitfall traps and drift fence to trap newts as part of amphibian research, Gartcosh.
03 April 2013
Palmate Newt, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Underside of Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus) seen in a driveway of a house in Kelvindale, Glasgow. This is a male, as can be seen from the palmate (slightly webbed) rear feet. In the case of a female, the palmate feature is absent, so looking at the plain pink or yellow throat of a Palmate Newt distinguishes it from a Smooth Newt, the throat of which is spotted.
13 September 2016
Palmate newt, Gartcosh
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North Lanarkshire
Palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus), Gartcosh Local Nature Reserve, North Lanarkshire. Taken during newt identification course with Froglife in 2013. This is a male, which in breeding condition can be distinguished from a Smooth newt by having a thin filament on the end of its tail, and webbing on its rear feet.
